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Morphology of Australoneis gen. nov. and A. frenguelliae comb. nov. (Achnanthales, Bacillariophyta) from the Antarctic Peninsula

División Ficología “Dr. Sebastián A. Guarrera”, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina.
PSL Research University: CNRS-UPVD-EPHE, USR3278 CRIOBE, Perpignan, France. Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘CORAIL’, University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France.
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Ruta 5 y Av. Constitución, CP 6700, Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshaven 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Departamento de Biología Costera, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Dirección Nacional del Antártico, 25 de Mayo 1143, CP 1650, San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”, Av. A. Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Ruta 5 y Av. Constitución, CP 6700, Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Departamento de Biología Costera, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Dirección Nacional del Antártico, 25 de Mayo 1143, CP 1650, San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Antarctica Campyloneis Cocconeis orbicularis Frenguelli Collection SEM ultrastructure Algae

Abstract

Based on marine benthic diatoms collected at Potter Cove (Western Antarctic Peninsula), we present a detailed study, using both light and electron microscopy, of the morphology of Campyloneis frenguelliae, a species recently transferred from Cocconeis. Ultrastructural observations revealed a combination of new and unusual features within the Achnanthales: a raphe valve with different areolation patterns, a hollow valvocopula with no apparent fimbriae, and a sternum valve externally ornamented by an embossed structure, areolae occluded by hymenes mostly supported by one short peg, and multiple marginal pores that open internally into shallow valve depressions. In view of these unique set of features, we describe Australoneis gen. nov. to include Australoneis frenguelliae comb. nov. and designate a sample from Potter Cove as epitype of the latter. The main characteristics of the new genus are compared to those of its closely allied Cocconeis, Campyloneis, Xenococconeis and Amphicocconeis.

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