Biddulphia alternans

carbon biomass

• Widdicombe et al: 296 pg (average)
• Widdicombe et al: 297 pg (average)
• Leblanc et al: 2476 pg (max)
• Leblanc et al: 1339 pg (average)
• Leblanc et al: 202 pg (min)

cell maxarea/maxvolume

• Leblanc et al: 0.13 µm^(-1)

cell minarea/minvolume

• Leblanc et al: 0.4 µm^(-1)

cell shape

• Leblanc et al: prism on elliptic base

cell surface area

• Leblanc et al: 11310 µm^2 (max)
• Leblanc et al: 1257 µm^2 (min)

cell volume

• Widdicombe et al: 5186 µm^3 (average)
• Leblanc et al: 84823 µm^3 (max)
• Leblanc et al: 3142 µm^3 (min)
• Sal et al: 649.5190528 µm^3 (average)
• Sal et al: 5186.298564 µm^3 (average)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: unicellular

diatom symmetry type

• Leblanc et al: pennate

ecomorphological guild

• Flora do Brasil: planktonic

forms

• Webb 2019: siliceous ooze (dead)

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• South Atlantic Species List: South Atlantic
• Skagerrak Species List: Skagerrak
• Seto Inland Sea Species List: Seto Inland Sea
• Sea of Japan Species List: Sea Of Japan

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -33.5917 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 61.7207 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -80.9 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 141.067 degrees (max)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: biogenic silica

native range includes

• Flora do Brasil: Rio Grande Do Sul
• Flora do Brasil: Alagoas
• Flora do Brasil: SãO Paulo
• Flora do Brasil: Rio Grande Do Norte
• Flora do Brasil: Rio De Janeiro

number of records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 8

number of research grade records in iNat

• iNaturalist data coverage: 1

plant growth form

• Necchi 2016: unicellular

ploidy

• Von Konrat et al 2008: haplobiontic diploid

trophic guild

• Barton Finkel et al: photoautotroph
• Microbial Eukaryotes Trophic Guilds: photoautotroph

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 10 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 6.6 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 5.444 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 7.395 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.526 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 99.545 percent (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 107.242 percent (max)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.63 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.114 µmol/l (min)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 32.967 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 36.252 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 4.938 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.782 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 18.451 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 9.335 degrees celsius (min)