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Licmophora (Bacillariophyceae)

Licmophora sp. from neritic waters off NH USA
A wedge-shaped cell in girdle view, separated from a colony.

Licmophora sp. from Nova Scotia, Canada
Photograph by Nancy Lewis posted online

Licmophora juergensii attached to a red alga (with two Cocconeis cells), from Bodden, Germany in brackish waters of the Baltic Sea)
Photograph posted online

Colony of Licmophora with fan-shaped groups of cells separated by mucilaginous stalks.
Image by Wim van Egmond

Licmophora antarctica n. sp.
Modified from sketch by Carlson (1913) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE

Carlson G.W.F. 1913. Süsswasseralgen aus der Antarktis, Südgeorgien und den Falkland Inseln. From: „Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.“ Band IV, Lithographisches Institut des Generalstabs, Stockholm.

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