Benthic marine diatom flora of Guam: new records, redescription of Psammodictyon pustulatum n. comb., n. stat., and three new species (Colliculoamphora gabgabensis, Lauderia excentrica, and Rhoiconeis pagoensis)
Author
Lobban, Christopher S.
Division of Natural Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, GU 83823, USA e-mail: clobban @ guam. net
clobban@guam.net
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Micronesica
2015
2015
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journal article
299054
10.5281/zenodo.12117576
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12117576
Petroneis humerosa
(Brébisson ex W. Smith) Stickle & D.G. Mann
Figs 95–97
Ref. illus.:
Peragallo & Peragallo 1897
–1908, pl. 27, fig. 20;
Hustedt 1961
–1966, fig. 1702 (both as
Navicula humerosa
);
Witkowski et al. 2000
, pl. 101, figs 2, 3, pl. 102, fig. 3
Samples:
GU44I-3
Dimensions: Length 45–60 µm, width 29–34 µm; striae
12 in
10 µm
Diagnostics: Valves broad, linear, slightly rostrate. Strongly radiating striae with coarse areolae; short striae interspersed between longer ones along the central linear part of the valve.
Comments: Similar to
P. latissima
Gregory
and
P. monilifera
Cleve
(
Hustedt 1961
–1966, figs 1701, 1699), but those have coarser striae. There are a number of small ultrastructural differences between
Petroneis
and
Cosmioneis
which together warranted their separation (
Round et al. 1990: 526
); SEMs from a sample in the Davis collection from
Saipan
,
CNMI
(
Figs 96, 97
), show the internal central raphe endings to be crozier- rather than anchor-shaped, suggesting that the Guam specimen is also
Petroneis
. However,
C. delawariensis
(Grunow ex Cleve) D.G. Mann
(
Witkowski et al. 2000
, pl. 106, figs 1, 2) is very similar in LM.