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differential interference contrast optics
Ringed specimen on Hustedt slide 224/75 (Alfred Wegener Institut,
Bremerhaven). This specimen, a single frustule, was selected as the
type of Nitzschia abbreviata
by R. Simonsen (1987) and restudied by Trobajo et al. (submitted).
Trobajo, R., Mann, D.G. & Cox, E.J. (submitted). Studies on the type material of Nitzschia abbreviata (Bacillariophyta).
Simonsen, R. (1987). Atlas and catalogue of the diatom types of
Friedrich Hustedt, 3 vols. J. Cramer, Berlin & Stuttgart.
David Mann & Rosa Trobajo
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
September 2010