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Issue: Vol. 308 No. 2: 7 June 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.2.6
Page range: 249–258
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 2

Cymbella pamirensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from an alpine lake in the Pamir Mountains, Northwestern China

Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China
School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
China Cymbella diatom morphometric analysis taxonomy Algae

Abstract

This paper describes a new Cymbella species from an alpine lake in the Pamir Mountains, NW China, with the aid of light and scanning electron microscopy and morphometric analyses. The morphology of the new species, named Cymbella pamirensis, is discussed and compared to similar species. The main morphometric features distinguishing Cymbella pamirensis from similar species of Cymbella are the outline and size of the valves. Cymbella pamirensis has been observed in surface sediment and core samples from Lake Sate Baile Dikuli, an alkaline, mesotrophic lake of the Pamir Mountains.