Neidiaceae

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 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2021-0066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11094475
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487C5-430A-737E-FCCD-FE5170CB9C6E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neidiaceae
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Family Neidiaceae

Biremis ambigua (Cleve) D.G. Mann ( Figures 75, 76 View Figures 60–78 ) Literature: ( Hendey 1964: p. 233, pl. 34, figs. 5–8 [as Pinnularia ambigua ]; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 158, pl. 155, figs. 2–6).

Description: Length 32–45 µm, width 5–7 µm (middle of the valve), striae 8–9 in 10 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine and brackish-water species, recorded from the Arctic and from the tropics ( von Quillfeldt 2000). It has not been previously observed in Potter Cove. Frequent in the material examined.