An unusual spine-bearing Pinnularia species from the Antarctic Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands)

• Published in: Diatom Research
• Main Authors: Van de Vijver, B, Agius, JT, Gibson, JAE, Quesada, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Biopress Limited 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Animal Systematics and Taxonomy; Antarctic; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.isdr.org/; https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2009.9705812; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/61003

A new spine-bearing Pinnularia species, Pinnularia gemella sp. nov., is described from asediment core taken on the Antarctic Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, southernAtlantic Ocean). The morphology of this species was examined using scanning electronmicroscopy. The species is easily recogn...