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Issue: Vol. 644 No. 3: 16 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.3.7
Page range: 236-240
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Staurastrum antarcticum: a new desmid species from a lake in Oasis Larsemann Hills (East Antarctica)

Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, building 12, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Soil Science Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, building 12, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Antarctica desmids distribution Staurastrum antarcticum morphology scanning electron microscope Algae

Abstract

A new, small-sized, smooth-walled species of the genus Staurastrum is described from a lake in the Oasis Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. It was studied by light and scanning electron microscopy. The species in question, one of the smallest species known in the genus Staurastrum, is compared with some morphologically similar species.

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