A list of diatom species identified from surface sediment samples and sediment cores is provided. Data include the species code, the scientific name, authority, and reference used to identify the specimen. The taxa list is also available in a text file.
*Number of surface samples (from a total of 46 samples) in which the species was identified.
**Number of sediment core samples (from a total of 47 samples) in which the species was identified.
Species Code |
Taxon |
Identification Reference |
Total Surface Samples identified* |
Total Core Samples identified** |
Ach_brev |
Achnanthes brevipes var. brevipes Agardh |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
19 |
25 |
Ach_curv |
Achnanthes curvirostrum Brun |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
3 |
Act_curv |
Actinocyclus curvatulus Janisch in Schmidt |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
5 |
7 |
Act_ocho |
Actinocyclus ochotensis Jousé |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
28 |
18 |
Act_octo |
Actinocyclus octonarius (Ehrenberg) Kützing |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
24 |
25 |
Act_sena |
Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
33 |
45 |
Amp_oval |
Amphora ovalis var. libyca (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1975) |
28 |
9 |
Amp_prot |
Amphora proteus Gregory |
Foged (1984) |
15 |
12 |
Amp_sabi |
Halamphora sabiniana (Reimer) Z. Levkov |
Patrick and Reimer (1975) as Amphora sabiniana |
5 |
2 |
Amp_stri |
Amphora strigosa Hustedt |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
9 |
0 |
Amp_sulc |
Amphora sulcata Schmidt |
Peragallo and Peragallo (1897-1908) |
2 |
0 |
Amp_coff |
Halamphora coffeaeformis (Agardh) Z. Levkov |
Patrick and Reimer (1975) as Amphora coffeaeformis |
31 |
13 |
Ano_spha |
Anomoeoneis sphaerophora Pfitzer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
15 |
6 |
Aul_gran |
Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1991) |
4 |
2 |
Bac_para |
Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin in Linneaeus |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1988) |
35 |
5 |
Bid_pulc |
Biddulphia pulchella S.F. Gray |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
4 |
0 |
Bid_rhom |
Biddulphia rhombus (Ehrenberg) W. Smith in Roper |
Peragallo and Peragallo (1897-1908) |
12 |
24 |
Bir_circ |
Biremis circumtexta (Meister ex Hustedt) H. Lange-Bertalot and A. Witkowski in A. Witkowski, H. Lange-Bertalot and D. Metzeltin |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
2 |
0 |
Bra_vitr |
Brachysira vitrea (Grunow) R. Ross in Hartley |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
3 |
1 |
Cal_baci |
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
18 |
4 |
Cal_bude |
Caloneis budensis (Grunow) Krammer in Krammer and Lange-Bertalot |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
8 |
0 |
Cal_form |
Caloneis formosa (Gregory) Cleve |
Foged (1984) |
31 |
34 |
Cal_mace |
Caloneis macedonica Hustedt |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
3 |
4 |
Cal_spp1 |
Caloneis spp1 |
|
8 |
0 |
Cam_limb |
Campylodiscus limbatus Brébisson |
Navarro (1983) |
3 |
0 |
Coc_plac |
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Hustedt (1931-1959) |
21 |
3 |
Cos_spp |
Coscinodiscus spp. complex |
|
23 |
30 |
Cra_cusp |
Craticula cuspidata (Kützing) Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Navicula cuspidata |
7 |
3 |
Cyc_lito |
Cyclotella litoralis Lange and Syvertsen 1989 |
Tanaka (2007) |
6 |
2 |
Cyc_mene |
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing (species complex) |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
45 |
47 |
Cyc_spp1 |
Cyclotella sp1 |
|
2 |
3 |
Dip_bomb |
Diploneis bombus (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
13 |
29 |
Dip_crab |
Diploneis crabro (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
20 |
44 |
Dip_grue |
Diploneis gruendleri (A. Schmidt) Cleve |
Navarro (1982) |
5 |
29 |
Dip_smdi |
Diploneis smithii var. dilatata (Peragallo) Terry |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
23 |
25 |
Dip_smit |
Diploneis smithii var. smithii (Brébisson) Cleve |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
30 |
36 |
Dip_smpu |
Diploneis smithii var. pumila (Grunow) Hustedt |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
17 |
2 |
Enc_min |
Encyonema minutum var. pseudogracilis (Cholnoky) Czarnecki |
Patrick and Reimer (1975) |
6 |
3 |
Ent_alat |
Entomoneis alata (Ehrenberg) Reimer in Patrick and Reimer |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
25 |
17 |
Env_pseu |
Envekadea pseudocrassirostris (Hustedt) Van de Vijver, Gligora, Hinz, Kralj and Cocquyt in Glingora and others |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
12 |
8 |
Eun_diod |
Eunotia diodon Ehrenberg |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
0 |
Eun_flex |
Eunotia flexuosa (Brébisson ex Kützing) Kützing |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
12 |
2 |
Eun_mino |
Eunotia pectinalis var. minor (Kützing) Rabenhorst |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
17 |
3 |
Eun_mono |
Eunotia monodon Ehrenberg |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1991) |
16 |
5 |
Eun_peun |
Eunotia pectinalis var. undulata (Ralfs) Rabenhorst |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1991) |
8 |
3 |
Eun_sol |
Eunotia soleirolii (Kützing) Rabenhorst |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
2 |
0 |
Eun_taut |
Eunotia tautoniensis Hustedt in Schmidt |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
4 |
3 |
Eun_laev |
Eunotogramma laevis Grunow in Van Heurck |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
2 |
0 |
Fal_tene |
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
6 |
2 |
Fal_pygm |
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle and Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
23 |
9 |
Fra_pulc |
Fragilaria pulchella (Ralfs ex Kuetzing) Lange-Bertalot |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
8 |
0 |
Fru_cras |
Frustulia crassinerva (Brébisson) Lange-Bertalot et Krammer in Lange-Bertalot and Metzeltin |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
6 |
1 |
Fru_inte |
Frustulia interposita (Lewis) De Toni |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
0 |
4 |
Fru_vulg |
Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
5 |
0 |
Fur_wein |
Frustulia weinholdii Hustedt (emend.) Wallace |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
3 |
0 |
Gom_affi |
Gomphonema affine var. insignis (Gregory) Andrews |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
0 |
Gom_grac |
Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg emend van Heurck |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1991) |
9 |
4 |
Gom_mexi |
Gomphonema mexicanum Grunow in Van Heurck |
Reichardt (1999) |
20 |
3 |
Gyr_balt |
Gyrosigma balticum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
16 |
3 |
Gyr_exil |
Gyrosigma exilis (Grunow) Reimer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
25 |
7 |
Gyr_nodi |
Gyrosigma nodiferum(Grunow) Reimer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
8 |
2 |
Gyr_obsc |
Gyrosigma obscurum (W. Smith) Griffith and Henfrey |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
4 |
3 |
Gyr_peis |
Gyrosigma peisonis (Grunow) Hustedt |
Ferrenburg (1997) |
3 |
6 |
Gyr_scal |
Gyrosigma scalpriodes (Rabenhorst) Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
3 |
4 |
Gyr_spen |
Gyrosigma spencerii (Ehrenberg) Frenguelli |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
1 |
2 |
Gyr_worm |
Gyrosigma wormleyi (Sullivant in Sullivant and Wormley) Boyer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
8 |
3 |
Hip_capi |
Hippodonta capitata subsp. iberoamericana D. Metzeltin, H. Lange-Bertalot and F. García-Rodríguez |
Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot and García-Rodríguez (2005) |
3 |
2 |
Hip_hung |
Hippodonta hungarica (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin and Witkowski |
Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot and García-Rodríguez (2005) |
4 |
2 |
Hya_spp1 |
Hyalodiscus spp1 |
|
2 |
5 |
Mas_brau |
Mastogloia braunii Grunow in litteris |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
5 |
0 |
Mas_pumi |
Mastogloia pumila (Cleve and Moller; Grunow in Van Heurck) Cleve |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
19 |
7 |
Mel_numm |
Melosira nummuloides (Dillwyn) C.A. Agardh |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
21 |
9 |
Nav_dela |
Navicula delawarensis Grunow ex Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
6 |
5 |
Nav_erif |
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot in Krammer and Lange-Bertalot |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
8 |
9 |
Nav_expa |
Navicula expansa Hagelstein |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
0 |
Nav_lyra |
Lyrella lyra (Ehrenberg) Karajeva |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Navicula lyra |
3 |
6 |
Nav_macu |
Navicula maculata (Bailey) Edwards |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
12 |
10 |
Nav_muti |
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Navicula mutica |
10 |
2 |
Nav_pere |
Navicula peregrina (Ehrenberg) Kützing |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
26 |
32 |
Nav_cf_pere |
Navicula cf. peregrina (Ehrenberg) Kützing |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
4 |
1 |
Nav_rhyn |
Navicula rhynchocephala Kützing |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
13 |
4 |
Nav_sabi |
Navicula sabiniana Patrick |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
4 |
1 |
Nav_schr |
Navicula escambia (Patrick) D. Metzeltin and H. Lange-Bertalot |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Navicula schroeteri var. escambia |
19 |
3 |
Nav_secu |
Navicula secura Patrick |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
8 |
1 |
Nav_trip |
Navicula tripunctata (O.F. Müller) Bory |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
33 |
10 |
Nav_vene |
Navicula veneta Kützing |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
23 |
2 |
Ned_irid |
Neidium iridis (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
5 |
0 |
Nit_brev |
Nitzschia brevissima Grunow in Van Heurck |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1988) |
16 |
7 |
Nit_cf_dipp |
Nitzschia cf. dippelli Grunow |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
24 |
5 |
Nit_cf_plan |
Nitzschia cf. plana W. Smith |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1997) |
2 |
3 |
Nit_circ |
Nitzschia circumsuta (J.W. Bailey) Grunow |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
3 |
0 |
Nit_clau |
Nitzschia clausii Hanzach |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
14 |
0 |
Nit_cons |
Nitzschia constricta (Kützing) Ralfs in Pritchard |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
36 |
16 |
Nit_debi |
Nitzschia debilis (Arnott in O'Meara) Grunow in Cleve and Grunow |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
21 |
7 |
Nit_egle |
Nitzschia eglei Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot and Krammer |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1988) |
17 |
2 |
Nit_fili |
Nitzschia filiformis var. filiformis (W. Smith) Van Heurck |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
7 |
3 |
Nit_fusi |
Nitzschia fusiformis Grunow in Cleve and Grunow |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
28 |
0 |
Nit_lieb |
Nitzschia liebtruthii Rabenhorst 1864 |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1988) |
29 |
2 |
Nit_litt |
Nitzschia littoralis Grunow in Cleve and Grunow |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
26 |
18 |
Nit_nana |
Nitzschia nana Grunow in Van Heurck |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1991) |
32 |
3 |
Nit_obtu |
Nitzschia obtusa W. Smith |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
36 |
20 |
Nit_pand |
Nitzschia panduriformis var. panduriformis Gregory |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
11 |
0 |
Nit_scal |
Nitzschia scalaris (Ehrenberg) W. Smith |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1997) |
35 |
22 |
Nit_sclp |
Nitzschia scalpelliformis (vidovichii?) Grunow in Cleve and Grunow |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1997) |
11 |
2 |
Nit_sigm |
Nitzschia sigma Kützing |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
42 |
20 |
Nit_cf_sigm |
Nitzschia cf. sigma Kützing |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
2 |
0 |
Nit_sgmo |
Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W. Smith |
Krammer and Lange-Bertolet (1991) |
30 |
3 |
Nit_tryb |
Nitzschia tryblionella Hantzsch in Rabenhorst |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
23 |
0 |
Ope_mart |
Opephora martyi Héribaud |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
6 |
7 |
Ope_muta |
Opephora mutabilis (Grunow) Sabbe and Vyverman |
Sabbe and Vyverman (1995) |
10 |
1 |
Par_sulc |
Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
17 |
28 |
Par_adna |
Parlibellus adnatus (Heiden in Heiden and Kolbe) A. Witkowski, H. Lange-Bertalot and D. Metzeltin |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
9 |
1 |
Par_cruc |
Parlibellus crucicula (W. Smith) Witkowski |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
10 |
2 |
Par_crlo |
Parlibellus cruciculoides (Brockmann) A. Witkowski, H. Lange-Bertalot and D. Metzeltin |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
7 |
12 |
Pin_acro |
Pinnularia acrosphaeria Rabenhorst |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) |
12 |
1 |
Pin_bice |
Pinnularia biceps (Cleve) Ross |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
8 |
0 |
Pin_cf_breb |
Pinnularia cf. brebissonii (Kützing) Rabenhorst |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
3 |
0 |
Pin_cf_simi |
Pinnularia cf. similiformis Krammer |
Krammer (2000) |
2 |
1 |
Pin_eleg |
Pinnularia elegans (W. Smith) Krammer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
6 |
6 |
Pin_gibb |
Pinnularia abaujensis var. linearis (Hustedt) Patrick |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1999) as Pinnularia gibba var. linearis |
3 |
2 |
Pin_late |
Pinnularia latevittata var. minor Hagelstein |
Kociolek (2003) |
8 |
0 |
Pin_micr |
Pinnularia microstauron (Ehrenberg) Cleve 1891 |
Krammer and Lange-Bertolet (1991) |
12 |
2 |
Pin_pulc |
Pinnularia pulchella (Boyer) K.Krammer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Pinnularia maior var. pulchella |
2 |
0 |
Pin_stom |
Pinnularia stomataphora (Grunow in Schmidt) Cleve |
Krammer (1992) |
4 |
0 |
Pin_viri |
Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
18 |
20 |
Pin_vifo |
Pinnularia viridiformis Krammer |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
9 |
4 |
Pin_yarr |
Pinnunavis yarrensis (Grunow) Okuno |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
23 |
25 |
Pla_plac |
Placoneis placentula (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
5 |
5 |
Plg_vanh |
Plagiogrammopsis vanheurckii (Grunow) Hasle, von Stosch and Syvertsen |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
11 |
13 |
Pln_deli |
Planothidium delicatulum (Grunow) Round and Bukhtiyarova in Bukhtiyarova |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
7 |
4 |
Ple_angu |
Pleurosigma angulatum (Quekett) W. Smith |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
7 |
6 |
Ple_dive |
Pleurosigma diverse-striatum F. Meister |
Sterrenburg (2001) |
3 |
4 |
Ple_deli |
Pleurosigma delicatum W. Smith |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
1 |
Ple_sali |
Pleurosigma salinarum var. salinarum (Grunow) Grunow in Cleve and Grunow |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
19 |
5 |
Ple_laev |
Pleurosira laevis (Ehrenberg) Compère |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
6 |
0 |
Pse_cf_conn |
Pseudostaurosiropsis cf. conneticutensis E.A. Morales |
Morales (2001) |
1 |
0 |
Rho_acum |
Rhopalodia acuminata Krammer in Lange-Bertalot and Krammer |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986) |
8 |
6 |
Rho_gibb |
Rhopalodia gibba var. ventricosa (Kützing) Peragallo and Peragallo |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
2 |
2 |
Rho_cf_musc |
Rhopalodia cf. musculus (Kützing) Otto Müller |
Witkowski (2000) |
9 |
6 |
Rho_paci |
Rhopalodia pacifica Krammer in Lange-Bertalot and Krammer |
Witkowski (2000) |
9 |
5 |
Sel_laev |
Sellaphora laevissima (Kützing) D.G. Mann |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Navicula laevissima |
12 |
1 |
Sem_basi |
Seminavis basilica Danielidis and Mann |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
15 |
4 |
Sem_eule |
Seminavis eulensteinii (Grunow) Danielidis, Ford and Kennett |
Danieldis and others (2006) |
18 |
10 |
Shi_oeve |
Shionodiscus oestrupii var. venrickae (G. Fryxell and Hasle) A.J. Alverson, S.H. Kang and E.C. Theriot |
Fryxell and Hasle (1980) |
19 |
15 |
Shi_oest |
Shionodiscus oestrupii (Ostenfeld) A.J. Alverson, S.H. Kang and E.C. Theriot |
Johansen and Fryxell (1985) |
25 |
25 |
Sta_anam |
Stauroneis cf. charlesreimeri H. Lange-Bertalot and D. Metzeltin in D. Metzeltin, H. Lange-Bertalot and S. Nergui |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) as Stauroneis anceps var. americana |
5 |
1 |
Sta_phoe |
Stauroneis phoenicenteron (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
9 |
4 |
Sta_pach |
Envekadea pachycephala (Cleve) Atazadeh and Edlund |
Atazadeh and others (2014) |
9 |
0 |
Ste_spp |
Stephanodiscus spp. |
|
2 |
1 |
Sur_breb |
Surirella brebissonii var. kuetzingii Krammer and Lange-Bertalot |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot 3 (1991) |
6 |
1 |
Sur_gemm |
Petrodictyon gemma (Ehrenberg) Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot 3 (1991) as Surirella gemma |
2 |
1 |
Sur_stri |
Surirella striatula Turpin |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
13 |
6 |
Tab_fasc |
Tabularia fasciculata (C. A. Agardh) D.M. Williams and Round |
Patrick and Reimer (1966) |
25 |
0 |
Tha_balt |
Thalassiosira baltica (Grunow in Cleve and Grunow) Ostenfeld |
Hasle and Syvertsen (1996) |
33 |
39 |
Tha_bram |
Thalassiosira bramaputrae (Ehrenberg) Håkansson and Locker |
Hasle (1978) |
4 |
0 |
Tha_lept |
Thalassiosira leptopus (Grunow in Van Heurck) Hasle et G. Fryxell |
Hasle and Fryxell (1977) |
34 |
17 |
Tro_lepi |
Tropidoneis lepidoptera (Gregory) Poulin and Cardinal |
Metzeltin and Lange-Bertalot (2007) |
24 |
8 |
Try_comp |
Tryblionella compressa var. compressa (J.W. Bailey) M. Poulin in Poulin, Bérard-Therriault, Cardinal and Hamilton, |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
26 |
17 |
Try_gran |
Tryblionella granulata (Grunow) Mann in Round, Crawford and Mann |
Witkowski and others (2000) |
29 |
46 |
Unk_Ach1 |
Unidentified Achnanthes spp1 |
|
7 |
1 |
Unk_Cam1 |
Unidentified Campylodiscus spp1 |
|
2 |
4 |
Unk_Cen1 |
Unidentified centric diatom |
|
3 |
0 |
Unk_Cha1 |
Unidentified Chamaepinnularia spp 1 |
|
15 |
0 |
Unk_Dia1 |
Unidentified Diatoma spp1 |
|
3 |
2 |
Unk_Fal1 |
Unknown Fallacia spp1 |
|
0 |
4 |
Unk_Nav1 |
Unidentified Navicula spp1 |
|
10 |
20 |
Unk_Nav3 |
Unidentified Navicula spp3 |
|
11 |
30 |
Unk_Nav6 |
Unidentified Navicula spp6 |
|
4 |
1 |
Unk_Nav7 |
Unidentified Navicula spp7 |
|
1 |
0 |
Unk_Pet1 |
Unidentified Petroneis spp1 |
|
3 |
0 |
Unk_Syn1 |
Unidentified Synedra spp1 |
|
23 |
2 |
Unk_Syn2 |
Unidentified Synedra spp2 |
|
14 |
9 |
Unk_Tha1 |
Unidentified Thalassiosira spp1 |
|
18 |
35 |
Unk_Tha3 |
Unidentified Thalassiosira spp3 |
|
14 |
11 |
Unk_Tha4 |
Thalassiosira cf. eccentrica |
|
29 |
41 |