Ferocia houkiana Goeyers & Van de Vijver 2020, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Goeyers, Charlotte, Vijver, Bart Van De
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Chromista; Ochrophyta; Bacillariophyceae; Melosirales; Melosiraceae; Ferocia; Ferocia houkiana; Antarctic; Campbell Island; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4329158; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4329158

Ferocia houkiana Goeyers & Van de Vijver sp. nov. http://phycobank.org/ 102316 Figs 44–73 Etymology The species is named in honour of our colleague and friend Dr Václav Houk (Institute of Botany, Czech Republic) to acknowledge him for his work on melosiroid diatoms. Material examined Holotype CAMPBELL ISLAND • sub-Antarctic region; sample BAS284; 12 Jan. 1970; D. Vitt leg.; BR-4578. Isotype CAMPBELL ISLAND • same collection data as for holotype; slide at University of Antwerp, Belgium; PLP-369. Description Light microscopy (Figs 44–62) Frustules rectangular. Cells connected via a central ring of spines, forming short chains. Numerous discoid plastids present. Girdle composed of large number of very narrow copulae, covering two adjacent valves. Valve diameter (n = 20): 4–11 μm, mantle height (n = 5): 4.0–5.5 μm. Valves with a relatively low mantle and rounded, flat valve face. Internal valves occasionally observed (Figs 50–51). Central area dominated by a regular crown of spines. Scattered spines present ... : Published as part of Goeyers, Charlotte & Vijver, Bart Van De, 2020, Revision of the non-marine centric diatom flora (Bacillariophyta) of the sub-Antarctic Campbell Island (southern Pacific Ocean) with the descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-30 in European Journal of Taxonomy 694 on pages 9-12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.694, http://zenodo.org/record/3973347 ...