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Scientific Name: Eucampia zodiacus Ehrenberg 1839
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Karl Bruun (Algae Base)
Classification:
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Bacillariophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Hemiaulales
Family: Hemiaulaceae
Description:
Eucampia zodiacus exhibits a trapezoid outline with a valve face that appears concave when viewed in broad girdle view. Cells are linked together in helical chains, connected by costate ocelli located at the tips of the horns on the valve margin. The apertures between adjacent cells vary widely in width and can have angular, elliptical, or square shapes. A single labiate process is situated within the depression in the center of the valve. The cells contain numerous small elliptical chloroplasts.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Southeast Coast of Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh , Sundarban
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Islam MT, Haider SMB, Md AS (2021) Phytoplankton assemblages in the south eastern coastal area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh with special reference to environmental variables. Int J Fish Aquat Stud, 9, 42-54.
Other References:
Hoque SA, Zafar M, Mahmood N (1999) Temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton with emphasis on Skeletonema costatum in the Mathamuhuri river–estuary (Chakaria mangrove ecosystem), Bangladesh.
Nahid SAA, Shimul SA, Rana S, Sarkar A (2023) Plankton of Bangladesh( 1st edition). Darikoma Prokashoni. 202 p. ISBN: 9789845113984
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