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Issue: Vol. 455 No. 4: 17 August 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.455.4.7
Page range: 295–300
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 2

Nupela eremica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Naviculaceae) from a páramo lake in the Colombian Andes

Departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, España. Current address: Laboratorio de diatomología y calidad de aguas. Instituto de Investigación de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Biodiversidad. La Serna 58, 24007, León, España.
Laboratorio de Limnología, UNESIS, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cra. 7 40-62 Bogotá, Colombia.
Laboratorio de Limnología, UNESIS, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cra. 7 40-62 Bogotá, Colombia.
Nupela diatom high-mountain lake Neotropical Algae

Abstract

A new species, Nupela eremica sp. nov. is described from a high mountain lake located in the Eastern Range of Colombian Andes. The new taxon was studied from sediment and epiphyton samples and under light and scanning electron microscope. Comparison with morphologically similar taxa is showed. N. giluwensis, N. carolina, N. gomphosphenioides, N. encyonopsis, N. incerta, N. neglecta, N. tenuicephala, and N. exilissima show morphometric values overlapping those of Nupela eremica sp. nov. The combination of valve size and outline is unique and justifies the erection of this new species.