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Issue: Vol. 663 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.663.1.6
Page range: 49-54
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 5

A new Pseudostaurosira species (Bacillariophyta, Staurosiraceae) from lowland rivers and lakes in Europe (Atlantic Biogeographic Region)

Meise Botanic Garden, Research Department, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology – ECOSPHERE, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Observatory for Climate, Environment and Biodiversity (OCEB), L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Algae Biomonitoring Europe lowland river Flanders morphology new species Pseudostaurosira

Abstract

During a biomonitoring survey of the Flemish rivers, an unknown Pseudostaurosira taxon was observed. After detailed light and scanning electron microscopy research and careful analysis with similar species in literature, the taxon is described as Pseudostaurosira katharinae sp. nov. The new species can be separated from similar Pseudostaurosira species by its larger sternum and central area, the presence of rings of granules around the spines, the shape and diminishing size of the areolae towards the center and the particular structure of the cingulum. The new species was typically found in meso-eutrophic, alkaline conditions.

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