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Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-26
Page range: 37–62
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Ten new Bacillariophyta species from James Ross Island and the South Shetland Islands (Maritime Antarctic Region)

“St. Kliment Ohridski” Univeristy of Sofia, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Viničná 7, 12844 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Botanic Garden Meise, Department of Bryophyta & Thallophyta, Nieuwelaan 38, B–1860 Meise, Belgium. University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, ECOBE, Universiteitsplein 1, B–2610 Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Antarctica diatoms morphology taxonomy Algae

Abstract

The present paper describes 10 new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from the Maritime Antarctic Region. Five of the newly described taxa: Caloneis australis sp. nov., Mayamaea sweetloveana sp. nov., Navicula romanedwardii sp. nov., Sellaphora antarctica sp. nov. and Sellaphora gracillima sp. nov. have been previously reported from the Antarctic Region but were force-fitted into incorrect names. Five other taxa: Chamaepinnularia elliptica sp. nov., Cosmioneis regigeorgiensis sp. nov., Mayamaea tytgatiana sp. nov., Muelleria pimpireviana sp. nov. and Pinnularia pinseeliana sp. nov. are newly discovered taxa. The morphology of all new species is studied using both light and scanning electon microscope observations and compared with similar species from the Antarctic Region and worldwide. Data about the ecology and confirmed Antarctic distribution of the new species are added.