<documentid="ABC4900420B915A969C3FC18AAC4734E"ID-DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1"ID-ISSN="1179-3163"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13728822"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="GgImagineBatch"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1725682255182"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara"docDate="2018"docId="0392662BFF972F6DFF61F544FBD7F92B"docLanguage="en"docName="phytotaxa.372.2.1.pdf"docOrigin="Phytotaxa 372 (2)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1"docStyle="DocumentStyle:96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9.13:Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleId="96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9"docStyleName="Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="13"docTitle="Diploneis fusca Cleve 1894"docType="treatment"docVersion="2"lastPageNumber="124"masterDocId="FFAB1E53FF9A2F60FFE9F02CFFEEFF8A"masterDocTitle="Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq"masterLastPageNumber="152"masterPageNumber="111"pageNumber="124"updateTime="1725694383496"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-figures="UNSPECIFIED"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="C630F03F0C7ED2407070775B994E1654">Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="2A462842F97C351828F81C2E7E396E59">Al-Handal, Adil Y.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="7C49C8F89A8CF7D27A86F1EA62524BD9">Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="9A1F275D51484344CB32E54BDC2F7E4D">Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF972F6DFE53F544FD99FA0B"author="Cleve, P. T."box="[442,631,1384,1409]"pageId="13"pageNumber="124"pagination="1 - 194"refId="ref22704"refString="Cleve, P. T. (1894) Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part I. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 26: 1 - 194."type="journal article"year="1894">Cleve (1894: 93)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF972F6DFF14F5A2FE68FA29"author="Hendey, N. I."box="[253,390,1422,1443]"pageId="13"pageNumber="124"refId="ref24568"refString="Hendey, N. I. (1964) An Introductory Account of the Smaller Algae of British Coastal Waters, Part V: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 317 pp."type="book"year="1964">Hendey, 1964</bibRefCitation>
: p. 225, pl. 32, fig. 4;
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF972F6DFDB0F5A2FD39FA29"author="Ricard, M."box="[601,727,1422,1443]"pageId="13"pageNumber="124"pagination="137 - 336"refId="ref26604"refString="Ricard, M. (1977) Les peuplements de diatomees des lagons de l'archipel de la Societe (Polynesie Francaise). Revue Algologique 12: 137 - 336."type="journal article"year="1977">Ricard, 1977</bibRefCitation>
, pl. 4,figs 1, 2;
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF972F6DFC85F5A2FBA6FA29"author="Witkowski, A. & Lange-Bertalot, H. & Metzeltin, D."box="[876,1096,1422,1443]"pageId="13"pageNumber="124"pagination="1 - 925"refId="ref27775"refString="Witkowski, A., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Metzeltin, D. (2000) Diatom Flora of Marine Coasts Iconographia Diatomologica 7: 1 - 925."type="book chapter"year="2000">
: Valves linear-elliptical with rounded apices. Raphe branches straight, ending centrally in expanded pores. Central area apically dilated. Valve face shows narrow axial area and longitudinal canals decreasing in width toward the apices. Transapical striae parallel at the center, strongly radiate near the apices.
<emphasisid="B94F0B2FFF972F6DFF54F648FE0DF9F7"box="[189,483,1636,1661]"italics="true"pageId="13"pageNumber="124">Ecology and Distribution:</emphasis>
Widely distributed marine littoral species. Previously reported from the Gulf (
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF972F6DFABAF648FF2DF92B"author="Hendey, N. I."pageId="13"pageNumber="124"pagination="101 - 168"refId="ref24607"refString="Hendey, N. I. (1970) Some littoral diatoms of Kuwait. Nova Hedwigia 31: 101 - 168"type="journal article"year="1970">Hendey 1970</bibRefCitation>
, Al-Yamani & Saburova 2011). Few specimens were encountered in this study.