Desertifilum salkalinema sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from an alkaline pool in China Author Cai, Fang-Fang Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Chen, You-Xin Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Zhu, Meng-Ling Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Li, Xiao-Chuang Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Li, Ren-Hui Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-01-27 292 3 262 270 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.292.3.6 journal article 302304 10.11646/phytotaxa.292.3.6 6cfa7dd4-4442-4b22-8b21-8ceed3784593 1179-3163 13690318 Desertifilum salkalinema Cai et Li sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 ) Type : — China , saline-alkaline pond, Zhejiang Province , 6th. July 2014 . Description: —Thallus thin, pale to bright blue green, filaments mostly densely entangled, varying in length, motility present, sheath thin, colorless, attached to trichome, not constricted or slightly constricted at the cross wall, 2.08 (±.80) μm wide and 5.14 (±0.51) μm long ( Fig. 1 ), ratio of length to width is 2.20 (±0.45). Cells cylindrical, attenuated or not attenuated at the ends, End cells slightly elongated. Cell content homogenous, gas vesicles absent, tolerant to alkalis and salts. Etymology: —the name of the species was chosen based on the sampling environment. Habitat: —alkaline cultivated pool, Zhejiang Province , China .