New observations on the Antarctic Asteromphalus darwinii/hookeri diatom species-complex (Asterolampraceae)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Hallegraeff, Gustaaf, Leblanc, Karine
• Other Authors: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Hobart (IMAS), University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Jagged; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04292684; https://hal.science/hal-04292684/document; https://hal.science/hal-04292684/file/s00300-023-03160-6.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03160-6

Abstract Antarctic diatom populations of Asteromphalus hookeri and related species such as A. hyalinus and A. parvulus exhibit a highly variable number of hyaline rays ranging from 3 broad + 1 narrow (3 + 1) in the smallest valves, with 4 + 1 (27%) and 5 + 1 rays (35%) most common, and 6 + 1, 7 + 1,...