Phytoplankton Species in Hong Kong Coastal Waters

57 Licmophora abbreviata 短楔形藻 Phylum: Heterokontophyta 门:不等鞭毛門 Class: Bacillariophyceae 纲:羽紋硅藻綱 Order: Licmophorales 目:楔形藻目 Family: Licmophoraceae 科:楔形藻科 Morphology Cells in girdle view are wedge-shaped with flat or slightly circular broad ends and rounded upper corners. The narrow ends can secrete colloid and attach to other objects, such as Bellerochea horologicalis. Chloroplasts are small, granular and numerous in cells. 形態 細胞寬殼環面觀成楔形,寬端較平,或微呈圓弧形,角較圓。窄端可以分泌膠質, 可以附著於其他物體上,如鐘形中鼓藻。色素體小顆粒狀,較多。 Ecology and distribution Licmophora abbreviata is a benthic species in coastal area. Cells could be epiphytic or found in water. 生態與分佈 短楔形藻為沿岸底棲物種,營附著生活,但也會進入到水體。 Size Length (pervalvar axis): 53-124 μm (Chin et al., 1965); 20-110 μm (Isamu, 1991); 52-67 μm (Al-Yamani et al., 2011, 2019); 50-124 μm (Gao et al., 2021)

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