Description of Stauroneis saprophila sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from anthropogenic environment

TERESA NOGA; MATEUSZ RYBAK; LUC ECTOR

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.6

Issue: Vol. 327 No. 3: 10 November 2017

Type: Article

Published: 2017-11-10

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.6

Page range: 269–275

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**Description of Stauroneis saprophila sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from anthropogenic environment**

TERESA NOGA⁺⁻
MATEUSZ RYBAK⁺⁻
LUC ECTOR⁺⁻

Department of Soil Studies, Environmental Chemistry and Hydrology, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 8B, 35–601 Rzeszów, Poland

Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 35–601 Rzeszów, Poland

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research & Innovation (ERIN) Department, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Grand-duchy of Luxembourg

ecology morphology new taxa Poland Stauroneis Algae

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Abstract

Studies were carried out in 2016 on a water outflow from a sewer drain, in the city of Stalowa Wola located in south-eastern Poland. The research material was collected from sediments being accumulated on the asphalt on which the water was flowing. Water from the studied outflow was characterized as alkaline to strongly alkaline pH (7.9–9.8), high to very high content of chlorides and sodium ions, and high electrolytic conductivity (331–13 250 µS cm^-1). In the analyzed material, an unknown species of Stauroneis was found. The aim of this paper is to give a morphological and ecological description of Stauroneis saprophila sp. nov. from an anthropogenic environment.