Diatom, Biddulphia aurita
                This diatom is from an ocean sediment sample collected in
                  90 feet of water off the Northern
                  California Coast.
              
              
                Transmitted Apofocal Illumination
                
Definition/Function:
                Significance in the Environment:
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                References:
                Prescott, G. W., HOW TO KNOW THE FRESHWATER ALGAE, Wm. C. Brown Company,
                1970
                Vinyard, William C., DIATOMS OF NORTH AMERICA, Mad River Press, Inc., pp. 54+90-91,
                1979, (ISBN 0-916-422-15-1)
                Round, F.E., R. M. Crawford, D.G. Mann, THE DIATOMS:BIOLOGY & MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENERA,
                Cambridge University Press, 1990. (ISBN 978-0-521-71469-3)
                Stoermer, Eugene F. and John P. Smol (eds), THE DIATOMS:APPLICATIONS FOR THE
                ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES, Cambridge
                University Press, 2001 (ISBN 0521004128)