Shionodiscus gaarderae sp. nov. (Thalassiosirales, Thalassiosiraceae), a bloom-producing diatom from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and emendation of Shionodiscus bioculatus var. bioculatus

• Published in: Diatom Research
• Main Authors: Ferrario, Martha Elba, Almandoz, Gaston Osvaldo, Cefarelli, Adrián Oscar, Beszteri, Bank, Akselman Cardella, Rut, Fabro Cerreia Fus, Elena Ines, Cembella, Allan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Biopress Limited
• Subjects: ARGENTINE SEA; SHIONODISCUS ROSULATUS; SPRING BLOOM; THALASSIOSIRA BIOCULATA; THALASSIOSIRA BIOCULATA VAR. RARIPORA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentine; Gaston; Färöer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97655

The recently established diatom genus Shionodiscus is characterized as possessing a labiate process on the valve face and strutted processes with long internal and reduced, or no, external extensions. Many Thalassiosira species with these features were transferred to this new genus, as well as some...