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Gomphosphenia vallei (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from a stream in the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour”, Massif Central (France)

Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Centre Imagerie Cellulaire Santé, UCA PARTNER, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
39 rue Simone Weil, 49000 Angers, France
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Observatory for Climate, Environment and Biodiversity (OCEB), 41 rue du Brill, 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Observatory for Climate, Environment and Biodiversity (OCEB), 41 rue du Brill, 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Algae crystalline area Europe Gomphosphenia headwaters new species ultrastructure

Abstract

A new Gomphosphenia species (Bacillariophyceae) was found during a diatom survey in the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour” (RNN VC), in the Massif Central (France). Gomphosphenia vallei sp. nov. is described from stone surfaces in Pérouse Stream, Auvergne, France. A detailed description of morphology of G. vallei is presented, based on light and scanning electron microscopy. This new small-sized species is characterized by linear-clavate to elliptical valves. Striae are uniseriate and composed of single slit-like areolae, an axial area linear and narrow and a low number of striae. Gomphosphenia vallei seems to inhabit headwater stream.

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Beauger, A., Allain, E., Voldoire, O., Blavignac, C., Rossi, S., Wetzel, C.E. & Ector, L. (2022)

Gomphosphenia vallei (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from a stream in the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour”, Massif Central (France)

. Phytotaxa 542 (2): 167–179. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.542.2.4