Fragilariopsis kerguelensis

Fragilariopsis kerguelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Bacillariales
Family: Bacillariaceae
Genus: Fragilariopsis
Species:
F. kerguelensis
Binomial name
Fragilariopsis kerguelensis
Synonyms
  • Terebraria kerguelensis
  • Fragilaria antarctica
  • Fragilaria kerguelensis
  • Fragilariopsis antarctica
  • Nitzschia kerguelensis
  • Terebraria kerguelensis
  • Trachysphenia australis var. kerguelensis

Fragilariopsis kerguelensis,[1] is a pennate diatom native to the Southern Ocean. It has been characterized as "the most abundant diatom in the Antarctic Seas".[2]

  1. ^ O'Meara, E (1877). "the diatomaceous gatherings made at Kerguelen's Land". Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (15): 55–59.
  2. ^ Hart, T.J (1942). "Phytoplankton periodicity in Antarctic surface waters". Discovery Rep.