Neidium petersiveri sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) — description of a new diatom species with emphasis on variability of frustule morphology in a population from Lake Superior

• Published in: Botany
• Main Author: Nicholls, Kenneth H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Plant Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nunavut; Canada; Island Lake; Back River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0020; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjb-2021-0020; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjb-2021-0020

Light and scanning electron microscopy were used to describe Neidium petersiveri sp. nov., a previously unnamed diatom found in the Canadian waters of Lake Superior. It had been reported previously as single cells of an unidentified Neidium species from four widely separated regions in North America...