Surirella tayronarum spec. nov. (Surirellaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Colombia
Autor: | Amelia A. Vouilloud, John Jairo Ramírez Restrepo, Mario Fernando Medina Tombé, Silvia E. Sala |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Tropics Plant Science 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Geographic distribution 03 medical and health sciences Algae Caribbean region Genus Botany Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
Zdroj: | Phytotaxa. 278:39 |
ISSN: | 1179-3163 1179-3155 |
DOI: | 10.11646/phytotaxa.278.1.4 |
Popis: | The genus Surirella comprises around 1700 species, many of them distributed in tropical regions of different continents. As part of a study about geographic distribution of epilithic diatoms from Colombia, we compared samples collected at lotic systems of the Andes, Caribbean, Orinoquia and Pacific biogeographic regions. Samples were analyzed under light and scanning electron microscopy. Although the genus Surirella was poorly represented in the study area, in the River Congo Basin (at an elevation between 724 and 939 m a.s.l.), which belongs the Caribbean Region, we collected samples containing a new species of the group Robustae. Surirella tayronarum spec. nov. has panduriform, isopolar valves with well-developed wings. Among other fine morphological characters, the species has long ribbon-like tendrils at the base of the fenestral bars. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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