Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae, Chromulinales), a New Species from the Arctic Including the Description of Chrysosphaerellaceae, fam. nov.

• Published in: Plants
• Main Authors: Dmitry Kapustin, Maxim Kulikovskiy
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: chrysophytes; siliceous scales; morphology; ultrastructure; SEM; hidden diversity; pseudocryptic taxa; Russia; Arctic; Murmansk; Pasvik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223166

A new species, Chrysosphaerellaseptentrionalis, is described from a peat bog located on the bank of the Paz River (Pasvik Nature Reserve, Murmansk Region, Russia). Scale ultrastructure was studied using a scanning electron microscope. Morphologically, C. septentrionalis seems to closely resemble C....