Amphora sp
Division: Chromophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Bacillariales
Suborder: Bacillariineae
Family: Catenulaceae Mereschkowsky
Genus: Amphora Ehrenberg
Scientific name: Amphora sp.
Description:
Frustules in girdle view rectangular-elliptic, with slightly convex margins; valves semilanceolate; ventral margins almost straight with not produced, acutely rounded apices.
Dimensions:
Cells 60-63 µm long; 13-15 µm broad.
Sites of occurrence in RSA:
In Winter 2006 Cruise, it was present in small numbers at two stations (refer sites map).