Coccomyxa antarctica sp. nov. from the Antarctic lichen Usnea aurantiacoatra

• Published in: PhytoKeys
• Main Authors: Cao, Shunan, Zhang, Fang, Zheng, Hongyuan, Liu, Chuanpeng, Peng, Fang, Zhou, Qiming
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018
• Subjects: Animalia; Myxozoa; Myxosporea; Bivalvulida; Myxidiidae; Coccomyxa; Lichen epiphyte; morphology; TEM; phylogeny; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bory; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.25360

The single celled green alga Coccomyxa antarctica Shunan Cao & Qiming Zhou, sp. nov. was isolated from the Antarctic torrential lichen Usnea aurantiacoatra (Jacq.) Bory. It is described and illustrated based on a comprehensive study of its morphology, ultrastructure, ecology and phylogeny. C. an...