Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms
Author
Al-Handal, Adil Y.
Author
Torstensson, Anders
Author
Wulff, Angela
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Botanica Marina
2022
Warsaw, Poland
2022-02-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0066
journal article
10.1515/bot-2021-0066
1437-4323
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Pleurosigma diversestriatum
Meister
(
Figure 83
)
Literature: (
Hendey 1970
, p. 152
, pl. 6, fig. 62; Sterrenburg 2001, p. 124, figs. 6, 15–18).
Description: Length 71–75 µm, width 15–18, oblique striae at the center
19–21 in
10 µm. Oblique striae cross each other at ca 65° at the center and the raphe curvature is about 19°. Ecology and distribution: This marine species has only been reported from warm waters in tropical and subtropical regions. Its occurrence, although rare in
Antarctica
, may expand its environmental preferences.