Four new monoraphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthaceae) from the Maritime Antarctic Region
Abstract: Four monoraphid taxa belonging to the genera Achnanthes,Psammothiclium and Manothidium were found during the ongoing taxonomic revision of the freshwater and limno-terrestrial diatoms of the Maritime Antarctic region. The present paper describes these four taxa as new based on detailed lig...
Published in: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1350210151162165141 https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/ae6499/135021.pdf |
Summary: | Abstract: Four monoraphid taxa belonging to the genera Achnanthes,Psammothiclium and Manothidium were found during the ongoing taxonomic revision of the freshwater and limno-terrestrial diatoms of the Maritime Antarctic region. The present paper describes these four taxa as new based on detailed light and scanning electron microscopy observations: Achnanthes k-ohleriana Kopalova, Zidarova & Van de Vijver sp. nov., Planothidium wetzelectorianum Kopalovd, Zidarova & Van de Vijver sp. nov., Psammothidium confilsoneglectum Kopalova, Zidarova & Van de Vijver sp. nov. and Psammothidium superpapilio Kopalova, Zidarova & Van de Vijver sp. nov. The morphology and ecology of all four taxa are discussed and the species are compared with morphologically similar taxa. |
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