Resumen

RIVERA, Patricio; CRUCES, Fabiola  y  VILA, Irma. CYCLOTELLA OCELLATA PANTOCSEK (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE): FIRST REPORT IN CHILE AND COMMENTS ON ITS MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY. Gayana Bot. [online]. 2003, vol.60, n.2, pp. 123-131. ISSN 0717-6643.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-66432003000200007.

Cyclotella ocellata Pantocsek is reported for the first time from the Chilean freshwaters, found in a sample collected in Rapel reservoir (34º02'S, 71º35'W). A description of the species and comments on its morphological variability are given

Palabras clave : Cyclotella ocellata; diatoms; Rapel; Stephanodiscaceae.