Adlafia ossiformis Alibert & Hamilton & Pienitz & Antoniades 2023, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Alibert, Marie, Hamilton, Paul B., Pienitz, Reinhard, Antoniades, Dermot
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Chromista; Ochrophyta; Bacillariophyceae; Naviculales; Naviculaceae; Adlafia; Adlafia ossiformis; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; Canada; Hudson; Moser; Holo
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10392935; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10392935

Adlafia ossiformis sp. nov. (Figs 10 AH-AT; 13 A-H) HOLOTYPE. — Canada. Québec, Lake 22AA, 56°33’24”N, 76°28’47”W, 128 m a.s.l., 22.VIII.2015, D. Antoniades (microscope slide designated as the holotype, holo-, CANA [CANA 129481]). ISOTYPE. — Canada. Québec, Lake 22AA, 56°33’24”N, 76°28’47”W, 128 m a.s.l., 22.VIII.2015, D. Antoniades (iso-, ANSP [ANSP-GC68069]). TYPE LOCALITY. — Canada. Québec, Lake 22AA, 56°33’24”N, 76°28’47”W, 128 m a.s.l. ETYMOLOGY. — The epithet ‘ossiformis’ is Latin, describing this species’ bone-shaped valves. ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species was found only in 22-AA lake of the study, where it represented 4% of the diatom assemblage. Lake 22-AA had the highest TP concentration in the dataset (23.4 µg/L). REGISTRATION. — http://phycobank.org/103920. DESCRIPTION Frustules rectangular and narrow in girdle view.Valves elliptic at mid-valve with broad capitate ends. Valve dimensions (n =20): length 13.5-20.5 µm, width 4.5-5.5 µm and 30-35 striae in 10 µm. External valve face flat, ... : Published as part of Alibert, Marie, Hamilton, Paul B., Pienitz, Reinhard & Antoniades, Dermot, 2023, Small naviculoid species of Kobayasiella Lange-Bertalot, Adlafia Moser, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin, Nupela Vyverman & Compère and Sellaphora Mereschowsky from Tursujuq National Park, Hudson Bay region, Nunavik, Québec, pp. 157-187 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (9) on pages 174-176, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2023v44a9, http://zenodo.org/record/10376356 ...