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(LM
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, SEM
<figureCitation box="[755,883,158,184]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 3640" captionStart-1="FIGURES 4146" captionStartId-0="13.[136,243,1857,1879]" captionStartId-1="14.[136,243,1894,1916]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1433,194,1831]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1433,194,1868]" captionTargetId-0="figure-18@13.[150,1434,193,1833]" captionTargetId-1="figure-24@14.[150,1434,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId-0="13" captionTargetPageId-1="14" captionText-0="FIGURES 3640. Diploneis tanganyikae sp. nov., SEM external valve views, Lake Tanganyika. 36, 3840. Specimen from Kiganza Bay. 37. Specimen from Mutondwe Island. 36, 37. View of a whole valve. 38. Central area with extended teardrop shaped depression with proximal raphe ends. 39. Detail valve apices, showing distal raphe ends with deflected terminal fissures and inter-areolar thickenings bearing fin-like silica ridge ornamentations; note white arrowed areolae divided by thick thickenings also bearing silica ornamentations. 40. White arrowed large round to rectangular areolae covered by cribra. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 36, 37), 2 μm (Figs 3840)." captionText-1="FIGURES 4146. Diploneis tanganyikae sp. nov., SEM internal valve views, Lake Tanganyika. 41, 44. Specimen from Kiganza Bay. 42, 43, 45, 46. Specimen from Mutondwe Island. 41, 42. View of a whole valve. 44. Detail alveolate openings covered by thin silica layers. 45. Central area with simple and slightly elevated proximal raphe ends. Fig. 43. Distal raphe ends slightly elevated and distant from the valve apices. 46. Broken valve, showing the alveoli structure and chambered wall externally occluded by cribra. Scale bars = 20 μm (Fig. 42), 10 μm (Fig. 41), 5 μm (Figs 43, 45), 2 μm (Figs 44, 46)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7875109" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7875113" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7875109/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7875113/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Figs 3646</figureCitation>
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Valves are weakly asymmetric, rhombic to rhombic-elliptic becoming elliptic-circular with smaller cell size (
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). Valve length is 4375 μm and valve width is 26.540.5 μm. The axial area is narrow, lanceolate, widening at the center to form a longitudinally elongate and weakly asymmetric central area (
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), 4.57 μm wide. Externally, the longitudinal canal is broad, lanceolate to linear, slightly expanded in the middle of the valve with three to five rows of cribrate (ca. 810 poroids) areolae narrowing into one at the valve apices (
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). Internally, a thick non-porous slightly raised silica plate encloses the longitudinal canal (
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). Externally, the raphe is filiform, curved; the proximal ends are weakly deflected and positioned within a teardrop depression (
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). The distal raphe ends are unilaterally bent to the same side and terminate at the junction of the valve face and mantle (
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). Internally, the raphe is curved with simple proximal and distal ends that are slightly elevated in a deep depression formed by the longitudinal canal (
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). The striae are parallel at mid-valve becoming radiate towards the valve apices,
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10 μm. Striae are uniseriate throughout (
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). The striae are composed of large round to rectangular areolae covered externally with cribra (ca. 1530 poroids; white arrow in
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10 μm. Each areola opens into deep pits (
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). The stria areolae are divided by thick fin-like ridge thickenings that
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the areolae walls and bear silica ornamentations (white arrow in
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). The longitudinal inter-areolar crested fins have serrated ridge-like shaped silica ornamentations (ca. 39 notched edges hardly visible on the illustrated specimens possibly because of corrosion;
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). The areolae increase in size towards the valve margins (
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). Internally, the alveoli open via a single elongated opening covered with a thin silica layer (
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).
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,
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, at
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elevation; mud,
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<elevation box="[1243,1302,842,869]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" unit="m" value="12.0">12 m</elevation>
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water depth,
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, collected
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diving,
<emphasis box="[758,1148,878,905]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<collectorName box="[758,909,878,905]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. Indermaur</collectorName>
,
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September 2021
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(
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designated here, circled specimen BM-108997! =
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,
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isotypes
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!, CANA-129330!). Type material CANA-129330. Registration: http://phycobank.org/103718
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<paragraph blockId="11.[136,1452,230,1804]" box="[189,1193,986,1013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,615,986,1012]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pictures of the isolated specimen:—</emphasis>
LM micrograph on 1000× magnification (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,401,1022,1048]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Sequence data:—</emphasis>
Plastid gene
<emphasis box="[547,584,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">rbc</emphasis>
L sequence (GenBank accession:
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). The sequence comes from an individual isolated from submerged wood of a palm tree in
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water depth (Acc. No. 532, Diatom Collection Elena Jovanovska; see coordinates in
<tableCitation box="[495,596,1094,1120]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="6.[136,224,159,183]" captionTargetBox="[144,1444,231,1325]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="TABLE 1. Key morphological features of Diploneis species from Lake Tanganyika and the region. NA represents barely visible fractures. Fin" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF52667CFFD82644BCF1FF08BD2D70FC" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" tableUuid="DF52667CFFD82644BCF1FF08BD2D70FC">Table S1</tableCitation>
). As this is not the original habitat of this species and it probably occurred there due to water currents and turbulence, we selected the nearest suitable site as type material for this species.
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="etymology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,356,1166,1192]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Etymology:—</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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<emphasis box="[600,737,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">tanganyikae</emphasis>
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is given in honor of Lake Tanganyika, where the species has been observed occurring and from which the
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material was collected.
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,521,1238,1264]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ecology and distribution:—</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[520,862,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[520,772,1238,1264]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="tanganyikae" status="sp. nov.">Diploneis tanganyikae</taxonomicName>
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has been observed along the Tanzanian and Zambian coastlines of Lake Tanganyika, an alkaline system with moderate mineral content and high-water transparency. It is not very dominant in the muddy and sandy substrates between 9 and
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water depth, where it normally occurs. Higher species densities were found in the northern and central sub-basins (
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), especially in Mahale National Park, Kiganza Bay near Gombe National Park, and Jakobsen Beach near
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(also as tychoplankton at this site). In these bays,
<emphasis box="[201,465,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[201,373,1418,1444]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="tanganyikae" status="sp. nov.">D. tanganyikae</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[380,465,1419,1444]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
mostly coexists with
<emphasis box="[709,962,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[709,870,1418,1444]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="salzburgeri" status="sp. nov.">D. salzburgeri</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[877,962,1419,1444]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis box="[975,1228,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[975,1136,1418,1444]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="kilhamiana" status="sp. nov.">D. kilhamiana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1143,1228,1419,1444]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[1241,1412,1419,1444]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="cocquytiana" status="sp. nov.">D. cocquytiana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis box="[195,399,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[195,308,1454,1480]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="tumida" status="sp. nov.">D. tumida</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[314,399,1455,1480]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis box="[413,641,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[413,550,1454,1480]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="serrulata" status="sp. nov.">D. serrulata</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[556,641,1455,1480]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis box="[702,906,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[702,814,1454,1480]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="decora" status="sp. nov.">D. decora</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[821,906,1455,1480]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Towards the south, the population density of the species gradually decreases, reaching only a few individuals in Ndole Bay, Cape Nangu at Kasaba Bay, Mutondwe Island, Chituta Bay, and Kalambo Falls Lodge (see
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="11.[136,1452,230,1804]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,579,1562,1588]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Main differential characters:—</emphasis>
Valve size and shape, canal width, striae density, external thick fin-like ornamentations across the valve, and fin-like ridges around areolae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="11.[136,1452,230,1804]" box="[189,1234,1634,1661]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,404,1634,1660]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Similar species:—</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[404,698,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[404,606,1634,1660]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="cristata" status="sp. nov.">Diploneis cristata</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[613,698,1635,1660]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis box="[711,964,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[711,872,1634,1660]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="salzburgeri" status="sp. nov.">D. salzburgeri</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[879,964,1635,1660]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jovanovska, Levkov &amp; Edlund" authorityYear="2015" box="[1024,1227,1634,1660]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="hoevsgoelensis">
<emphasis box="[1024,1227,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">D. hoevsgoelensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,417,1670,1696]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Taxonomic note:—</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[425,772,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[425,678,1670,1696]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="tanganyikae" status="sp. nov.">Diploneis tanganyikae</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[686,772,1671,1696]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is morphologically variable in terms of the shape and width of the canal. It usually varies from broadly lanceolate to narrower linear. Since our current genetic and morphometric data do not reveal any differences between the two forms, we consider them conspecific, similar to what we found in
<emphasis box="[136,389,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName authority="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone, 2023" authorityName="Jovanovska &amp; Wilson &amp; Hamilton &amp; Stone" authorityYear="2023" box="[136,297,1778,1804]" class="Bacillariophyceae" family="Naviculaceae" genus="Diploneis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Chromista" order="Naviculales" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Bacillariophyta" rank="species" species="salzburgeri" status="sp. nov.">D. salzburgeri</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[304,389,1779,1804]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
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