Cocconeis fasciolata (Ehrenberg) Brown (Figure 51)

Literature: (Riaux-Gobin and Romero 2003, p. 26, figs. 26– 28, pl. 19, figs. 1–11; Scott and Thomas 2005, p. 127, fig. 2 [68 a–d]).

Description: Length 41–48 µm, width 27–32 µm, striae (rapheless valve) 4–5 in 10 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A marine periphytic species. Although it was recorded from North Europe, the species seems more distributed in the Antarctic Peninsula (Scott and Thomas 2005). Frequent in Potter Cove.