Diversity of desmid algae (charophyta: Conjugatophyceae) in the vicinity of Yugorsk city (KMAO-yugra, Russia)

• Published in: Folia Cryptogamica Estonica
• Main Authors: Shakhmatov, A. S., Pavlovskiy, E. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tartu Press 2019
• Subjects: BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTERIACEAE; DESMIDIACEAE; DESMIDIALES; NEW RECORDS; RARE SPECIES; WEST SIBERIA; khanty; khanty-mansi; Mansi; Siberia
• Online Access: http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/90378; http://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/article/download/fce.2019.56.03/9781; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=8YFLogxK&scp=85074771285; https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2019.56.03

The article provides an annotated list, which contains 35 species and subspecific taxa of desmid algae collected in 2015 in swamps near Yugorsk city, West Siberia. Twelve species (Closterium costatum, Cosmarium regnesi, Euastrum ansatum, E. gayanum, E. pulchellum, Staurastrum aculeatum, S. arcuatum var. subavicula, S. tohopekaligense, Staurodesmus dickiei var. circularis, S. glaber, Xanthidium cristatum, X. uncinatum) and one variety (Closterium closterioides var. intermedium) are new for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Data on morphology and distribution of the species are provided. © 2019, University of Tartu Press. All rights reserved. Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS Ural Federal University, UrFU We would like to express our gratitude to A. G. Paukov (Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia) and an anonymous reviewer for reading our manuscript, linguistic correction and for his useful comments. We also would like to thank A. F. Luknitskaya (V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia) for invaluable help with determination of some species.