Marine benthic diatoms of Guam: new records, Dictyoneis apapae sp. nov., and updates to the checklist
Author
Lobban, Christopher S.
Division of Natural Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA clobban @ triton. uog. edu
clobban@triton.uog.edu
Author
Witkowski, Andrzej
University of Szczecin, Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences Mickiewicza 16 a, PL 70 - 383 Szczecin, Poland
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Micronesica
2023
2024-06-06
2023
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journal article
299061
10.5281/zenodo.12118784
2b921c3c-8618-439e-96da-1de9c66a90f9
0026-279X
12118784
Olifantiella mascarenica
Riaux-Gobin & Compère
Figs 79, 80
Ref. illus.:
Riaux-Gobin & Compère 2009
, figs 6–22; Riaux-Gobin 2015, figs 24, 25
Sample: GU52G-A
Dimensions: Valve 9.3 µm long x 2.3 µm wide; striae
50 in
10 µm.
Diagnostics: This species differs from
O. pilosella
Riaux-Gobin
in the shape of the buciniportula, which here is a single trumpet.
Comments:
Olifantiella
spp.
are barely discernable in LM, and the details are at the limit even of the desktop
SEM
. These images were taken at U.
Texas
on a full-sized
SEM
.