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
9ec266f5-1dc7-4272-9fbc-67c7f2b0f5aa
0026-279X
12117576
Cocconeis ornata
W. Gregory
Figs 22–26
Ref. illus.:
Gregory 1857
, pl. IX (1), fig. 24;
Peragallo & Peragallo 1897
–1908, pl. 4, figs 13–15;
Montgomery 1978
, pl. 61, figs A–D;
Riaux-Gobin et al. 2014
, figs 9–14
Samples:
GU44AU-2
Dimensions: Length 19 µm, width 15 µm, striae ca
10 in
10 µm
Diagnostics: SV: striae coarsely uniseriate but sometimes branching towards the margin, striae interrupted by a longitudinal hyaline line; margin with parallel rows of papillae.
RV
not seen.
Comments: A few specimens in this sample.
Gregory (1857)
was charmed by the “rich ornate aspect” of this “beautiful” species, which does indeed appear ornate, especially in
SEM
(
Fig. 27
). The original drawing did not do it justice.