Description of five new species of the diatom genus Luticola (Bacillariophyta, Diadesmidaceae) found in lakes of James Ross Island (Maritime Antarctic Region)

KATEŘINA KOPALOVÁ; LINDA NEDBALOVÁ; MYRIAM DE HAAN; BART VAN DE VIJVER

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.27.1.5

Issue: Vol. 27 (2011)

Type: Article

Published: 2011-08-19

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.27.1.5

Page range: 44–60

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**Description of five new species of the diatom genus Luticola (Bacillariophyta, Diadesmidaceae) found in lakes of James Ross Island (Maritime Antarctic Region)**

KATEŘINA KOPALOVÁ⁺⁻
LINDA NEDBALOVÁ⁺⁻
MYRIAM DE HAAN⁺⁻
BART VAN DE VIJVER⁺⁻

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Viničná 7, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Viničná 7, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Botany, Section of Plant Ecology, Dukelská 135, CZ-37982 Třeboň, Czech Republic

National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Department of Bryophyta & Thallophyta, Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Belgium

Algae Bacillariophyta diatoms Luticola new species morphology ecology

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Abstract

During a survey of the non-marine diatom flora from lakes on James Ross Island (Maritime Antarctic Region), five new Luticola species have been recorded: Luticola desmetii, L. doliiformis, L. evkae, L. permuticopsis and L. tomsui. Detailed morphology descriptions of these taxa are given based on both light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The morphological features of each taxon have been compared with similar taxa and notes on the ecology of the species have been added.