Licmophora gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grunow (Figure 33)

Literature: (Cremer et al. 2003, p. 95, figs. 98, 99; Poulin et al. 1984b, p. 280, figs. 31–34; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 65, pl. 18, figs. 12–18, pl. 19, figs. 7–15).

Description: Length 22–28 µm, width 4–6 µm, striae 20–24 in 10 µm.

Remarks: Although this species may reach 120 µm length (Witkowski et al. 2000), only smaller specimens were observed in the present study.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine epiphytic species, found in the Arctic and in several locations in Antarctica (Fernandez et al. 2014). Frequent in Potter Cove.