A new Pteroncola species (Bacillariophyceae) from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Phycologia
• Main Authors: Almandoz, Gaston Osvaldo, Ferrario, Martha Elba, Sullivan, Michael J., Ector , Luc, Schloss, Irene Ruth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Phycological Society
• Subjects: Arcuate Valves; King George Island; Potter Cove; Striae Dimorphism; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Gaston; Lippmann; South Shetland Islands; Sullivan; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/23644

The marine araphid diatom Pteroncola carlinii sp. nov. from a coastal Antarctic environment was described based on light and scanning electron microscopy observations. The new species was found as solitary cells in the phytoplankton and epiphytic on green algal filaments or diatom chains. It was dis...