Pinnularia subcatenaborealis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) a new chain-forming diatom species from King George Island (Maritime Antarctica)

• Published in: Phytotaxa
• Main Authors: KOCHMAN-KĘDZIORA, NATALIA, PINSEEL, EVELINE, RYBAK, MATEUSZ, NOGA, TERESA, OLECH, MARIA, VAN DE VIJVER, BART
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Phytotaxa 2018
• Subjects: Algae; new species; Pinnularia; colony formation; freshwater diatoms; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Ross Island; Vega Island; Ecology Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.364.3.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.364.3.5

During a survey conducted on the freshwater diatom flora of small shallow pools on the Ecology Glacier forefield (King George Island, Maritime Antarctic Region), an unknown spine-bearing chain-forming Pinnularia species, belonging to the Pinnularia borealis species complex, was found. Although it cl...