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 text Botanica Marina 2022 Warsaw, Poland 2022-02-23 65 2 81 103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0066 journal article 10.1515/bot-2021-0066 1437-4323 11000147 Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero et Wulff ( Figures 54, 55 ) Literature: (Al-Handal et al. 2008, p. 271, figs. 2–15, 18–22). Description: Length 10–12 µm, width 6–8 µm, striae (raphe valve) 13–15 in 10 µm. Ecology and distribution: A marine Antarctic epiphytic and benthic species. It was originally described from Potter Cove (Al-Handal et al. 2008b) but has also been recently reported from the Ross Sea ( Majewska and De Stefano 2015 ).