How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil)
Author
Jr, Watson Arantes Gama
Institute of Botany, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia, C. P. 3005, 1031 - 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil & E-mail: watsonarantes @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
Author
Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse
Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA & Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA
Author
Sant’Anna, Célia Leite
Institute of Botany, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia, C. P. 3005, 1031 - 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Phytotaxa
2014
2014-09-12
178
2
61
97
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.1
1179-3163
5145178
Gloeothece fuscolutea
(Nägeli)
Nägeli (1849: 57)
(
Figs. 1L
–
2A
).
Basionym:
Gloeocapsa fuscolutea
Nägeli ex
Kützing (1849: 224)
.
Round to elliptical colonies, 10.7–24.0 µm diam. Sheath firm, hyaline to yellowish, conspicuous, non-lamellate to 1–4 lamellae, smooth. Cells oblong to ellipsoid, 6.7–11.1 × 3.9–5.6 µm, 1.9–2.1 times longer than wide. Cell content homogenous to slightly granulated, olive green.
Habitat:
—Wet rocks and concrete wall.
Studied material:
—
BRAZIL
.
São Paulo
:
Peruíbe
,
Ecological Station
“Juréia-Itatins”,
24° 22.783’ S
,
47° 1.287’ W
,
16 August 2011
,
W.A.
Gama-Jr.
,
G.S. Hentschke
,
C.F.S. Malone
&
C.L. Sant’Anna
(SP 427312)
;
24° 23.013’ S
,
47° 4.836’ W
,
17 August 2011
,
W.A.
Gama-Jr.
,
G.S. Hentschke
,
C.F.S. Malone
&
C.L. Sant’Anna
(SP 427324)
;
Cananéia
, “Recanto do Mar”
Inn
,
25º 1’ 16” S
,
47º 55’ 31” W
,
30 November 2010
,
W.A.
Gama-Jr.
&
C.F.S. Malone
(SP 427337)
.