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: 2018
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; new species; Pinnularia; colony formation; freshwater diatoms; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SPINE-BEARING; DISTANTES; TAXA; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ecology Glacier; King George Island; Ross Island; South Shetland Islands; Vega Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8574804; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8574804; https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.364.3.5; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8574804/file/8574805

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...