Navicula directa (W. Smith) Brébisson

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Torstensson, Anders & Wulff, Angela, 2022, Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms, Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) 65 (2), pp. 81-103 : 92

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2021-0066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11094463
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scientific name	Navicula directa (W. Smith) Brébisson
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Navicula directa (W. Smith) Brébisson View in CoL ( Figure 68 View Figures 60–78 )

Literature: ( Poulin 1990, p. 138, pl. 18.1, fig. 24; Scott and Thomas 2005, p. 157, fig. 2.87a–d; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 275, pl. 129, fig. 1, pl. 133, figs. 10–12).

Description: 52–90 µm, width 8–12 µm, striae 8–11 in 10 µm.

Remarks: This is one of the most common species encountered in the present study. It appeared in all samples examined.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine bipolar species ( von Quillfeldt 2000). Common in Potter Cove.