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Issue: Vol. 708 No. 1: 2 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.1.4
Page range: 43-54
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New data on chrysophycean stomatocysts from the phytoplankton of the Angara River River (East Siberia, Russia) and its tributaries, including descriptions of five new morphotypes

Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Ulan-Batorskaya, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Ulan-Batorskaya, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Ulan-Batorskaya, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
Silica-scaled chrysophytes stomatocysts scanning electron microscopy the Angara River tributaries Algae

Abstract

Scanning electron microscopy identified 47 stomatocyst morphotypes in the spring phytoplankton of the Angara River and its tributaries (Irkut, Kuda, Kitoy, Belaya, and Ida Rivers), with 5 morphotypes new for science. Most of the morphotypes are widespread. Among them, 28 have been previously recorded in Russian reservoirs, and 22 are characteristic of Lake Baikal, from which the Angara River originates.

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How to Cite

Firsova, A.D., Bessudova, A.Y. & Likhoshway, Y.V. (2025) New data on chrysophycean stomatocysts from the phytoplankton of the Angara River River (East Siberia, Russia) and its tributaries, including descriptions of five new morphotypes. Phytotaxa 708 (1): 43–54. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.1.4