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Issue: Vol. 404 No. 1: 16 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.404.1.2
Page range: 12–22
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 1

Halamphora daochengensis sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from a small mountain lake, Sichuan Province, China

Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (Ministry of Agriculture, China), Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources (Ministry of Education, China), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, P. R. China
Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (Ministry of Agriculture, China), Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources (Ministry of Education, China), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, P. R. China
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Arhimedova 3, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF103NP, UK
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), 41 rue du Brill, 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Management of Plateau Lake-Watershed, Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science, Kunming 650034, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Plateau Lake Ecology and Environment Change, Institute of Plateau Lake Ecology and Pollution Management, School of Resource Environment and Earth Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
taxonomy new species Halamphora Lake Congqiancuo Haizishan Nature Reserve Asia Algae

Abstract

During a survey of freshwater diatoms from a mountain lake, Lake Congqiancuo, Haizishan Nature Reserve, Yading, Daocheng County, Sichuan Province, China, a new Halamphora species, Halamphora daochengensis sp. nov. was found. A detailed morphological description of the new species is presented, based on light and scanning electron microscopy. The main features of H. daochengensis are dorsiventral, semi-lanceolate valves with a strongly triundulate dorsal margin and valve ends distinctly protracted and capitate. The new species is compared with other similar species including Halamphora dusenii and H. normanii var. undulata which differ in size, valve shape, stria density and ultrastructure.