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Issue: Vol. 219 No. 1: 7 July 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.219.1.7
Page range: 87–95
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 44

Tabularia kobayasii: a new araphid diatom (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariaceae) from Japan

Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
Department of Biology, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8159, Japan
Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
araphid diatom Bacillariophyta estuary Japan new species Tabularia kobayasii Algae

Abstract

A new species of Tabularia, T. kobayasii, was found on seaweeds collected from several estuaries in the Central Pacific coast of Japan. Its morphology was examined by light and scanning electron microscopy; details are described herein. This araphid diatom is characterized by: 1) tufted or band-like colony; 2) valves lanceolate, flat with steep mantle, striae consisting of cribrate areolae, a wide lanceolate sternum, single rimoportula, and an occelulimbus at both poles; and 3) a cingulum consisting of a few non-fimbriated girdle bands including the valvocopula.