Dianema nivale – A Myxomycete (Amoebozoa) new to the Antarctic

Myxomycetes (Protista - Amoebozoa) are worldwide distributed organisms, but still poorly known from the Antarctic. While working on fungi and similar organisms found in Stinker Point, Elephant Island - Antarctica in January/February 2018 we found 24 sporangia of Dianema nivale, which is cited for th...

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Published in:Polar Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16346
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00016225/
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Summary:Myxomycetes (Protista - Amoebozoa) are worldwide distributed organisms, but still poorly known from the Antarctic. While working on fungi and similar organisms found in Stinker Point, Elephant Island - Antarctica in January/February 2018 we found 24 sporangia of Dianema nivale, which is cited for the first time to the Antarctica.