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Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-29
Page range: 231–235
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A new diatomspecies of Aneumastus D. G. Mann & Stickle ((Bacillariophyta, Bacillariophyceae, Mastogloiales, Mastogloiaceae) from Tibet, China

School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, UCB 218, Boulder, CO80309, USA
School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Aneumastus new species Tibet Algae

Abstract

A new species, Aneumastus yamdrokensis Liu & Xie, is described from Yamdrok Lake, collected during a survey of the freshwater diatom flora of Tibet, China. The valves of this new species are elliptical-lanceolate with rounded apices and have the features typical of the genus, including complex areolae. The morphology of A. yamdrokensis is documented with light and scanning electron microscopy, described in detail, and compared with the most similar taxa, including A. minor Lange-Bertalot and A. densistriatus.