Craticula acidoclinata
Lange-Bertalot and Metzeltin 1996 Category: Symmetrical biraphid
BASIONYM: Craticula acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin 1996
LM scalebar = 10 µm = 20 pixels.
Observations
Contributor: Loren Bahls - June 2012
Length Range: 94-168 µm
Width Range: 22-29 µm
Striae in 10 µm: 12-14
Description
Valves are lanceolate with weakly protracted (subrostrate) and broadly rounded apices. The axial area is narrow and widens gradually into the central area, which is longitudinally elongate with convex sides. The raphe is weakly lateral with proximal ends that are moderately distant, somewhat inflated and hooked to the same side. Striae are weakly radiate but convergent very near the apices. Areolae are easily distinguished in LM and number 23-24 in 10 µm. Craticula are present in some specimens.
Original Description
Basionym: Craticula acidoclinata
Author: Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin 1996
Length Range: 60-110 µm
Width Range: 16-23 µm
Striae in 10 µm: 13-15
Original Description
Original Images
Cite This Page:
Bahls, L. (2012). Craticula acidoclinata. In Diatoms of the United States. Retrieved May 18, 2013, from http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa/species/craticula_acidoclinata
Species: Craticula acidoclinata
Contributor: Loren Bahls
Reviewer: Steve Main
Image Credit: Loren Bahls
- Valves lanceolate
- Apices subrostrate
- Central area with convex sides
Valves are lanceolate with subrostrate, broadly rounded apices. The central area has convex sides.
Compare
Craticula cuspidata has narrower apices and a central area with concave sides. Craticula pampeana is much larger and has broader apices.
Craticula cuspidata
Craticula pampeana
Citations
Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto, 10 genera separated from Navicula sensu lato, Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe 2: 1-526.
Lange-Bertalot, H. and Metzeltin, D. (1996). Indicators of oligotrophy - 800 taxa representative of three ecologically distinct lake types, Carbonate buffered - Oligodystrophic - Weakly buffered soft water. Lange-Bertalot, H. (ed.), Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs. Vol. 2. Ecology, Diversity, Taxonomy. Koeltz Scientific Books. Königstein, Germany, 2:390 pp.
Links & ID's
Index Nominum Algarum (INA)
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
North American Diatom Ecological Database (NADED)
NADED ID: 21037
Autecology Discussion
Craticula acidoclinata is uncommon in small ponds and pools in the Northern Rockies. The Montana population pictured here was found in a small pond in a conifer forest at 2,000 m elevation along the Continental Divide near Helena. The pH of this pond measured 6.98 and specific conductance measured 46 µS/cm. These low pH and specific conductance values distinguish this species ecologically from Craticula cuspidata, which prefers more alkaline water with higher electrolyte content. Craticula acidoclinata was described from an oligo-dystrophic lake in Finland with a pH of 6.5 and a specific conductance of 17 µS/cm.