Chodatodesmus australis sp. nov. (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyta) from Antarctica, with the emended description of the genus Chodatodesmus, and circumscription of Flechtneria rotunda gen. et sp. nov.

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Authors: Sciuto, Katia, Lewis, Louise A., Verleyen, Elie, Moro, Isabella, La Rocca, Nicoletta
• Other Authors: Graham, L., Università degli Studi di Padova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12355; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjpy.12355; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpy.12355

The family Scenedesmaceae is a taxonomically complicated group due to its simple morphology, high phenotypic plasticity, and the presence of cryptic taxa. Over the years several taxonomic revisions, based on molecular data, affected the family. Here, we describe a new scenedesmacean species from Ant...