Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica
Abstract: A new Labellicula species, L. lecohuiana Majewska & Van de Vijver sp. nov., was observed living epizoically on the carapaces of green sea turtles in Costa Rican coastal waters. The new species, showing a narrowly lanceolate valve outline, is characterized by uniseriate striae composed...
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ftunivantwerpen:c:irua:176982 2023-07-16T03:53:15+02:00 Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica Majewska, Roksana De Stefano, Mario Van de Vijver, Bart 2018 https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1769820151162165141 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1127/1438-9134/2017/023 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess 1438-9134 Nova Hedwigia. Beiheft Biology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivantwerpen https://doi.org/10.1127/1438-9134/2017/023 2023-06-26T22:32:44Z Abstract: A new Labellicula species, L. lecohuiana Majewska & Van de Vijver sp. nov., was observed living epizoically on the carapaces of green sea turtles in Costa Rican coastal waters. The new species, showing a narrowly lanceolate valve outline, is characterized by uniseriate striae composed of one large macroareola, a rather simple raphe structure with hooked terminal raphe fissures, the presence of two globular structures in the valve interior covering the isolated pore and a cingulum composed of several open, doubly perforated copulae. The new taxon can be distinguished from the only other Labellicula species known to date, the sub-Antarctic L. subantarctica, by differences in raphe structure and valve outline. Labellicula lecohuiana lacks both the distinct bucinoportula and the marginal canal typical of the genus Olifantiella and thus, the latter is excluded as the host genus for the new taxon. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic IRUA - Institutional Repository van de Universiteit Antwerpen Antarctic Nova Hedwigia, Beihefte 146 23 31 |
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Abstract: A new Labellicula species, L. lecohuiana Majewska & Van de Vijver sp. nov., was observed living epizoically on the carapaces of green sea turtles in Costa Rican coastal waters. The new species, showing a narrowly lanceolate valve outline, is characterized by uniseriate striae composed of one large macroareola, a rather simple raphe structure with hooked terminal raphe fissures, the presence of two globular structures in the valve interior covering the isolated pore and a cingulum composed of several open, doubly perforated copulae. The new taxon can be distinguished from the only other Labellicula species known to date, the sub-Antarctic L. subantarctica, by differences in raphe structure and valve outline. Labellicula lecohuiana lacks both the distinct bucinoportula and the marginal canal typical of the genus Olifantiella and thus, the latter is excluded as the host genus for the new taxon. |
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Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica |
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Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica |
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Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica |
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Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica |
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Labellicula lecohuiana, a new epizoic diatom species living on green turtles in Costa Rica |
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