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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Nitzschia
cf.
obtusa
W. Smith
(
Figure 99
)
Literature: (
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot 1988
, p. 25, fig. 17:1, 2, fig. 18.1; Witkowski et al. 2000. p. 396, pl. 201, figs. 7–9). Description: Length 160–165 µm, width 13–14 µm, fibulae
10–11 in
10 µm, striae very fine.
Remarks: This species appears very similar to
N. obtusa
but has denser fibulae and striae.
Nitzschia obtusa
, however, is
a brackish-water species and unlikely to be found in marine habitats.
Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed brackish-water species. Rare in Potter Cove.