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LM, 2025 SEM)
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Frustules rectangular in girdle view (
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), solitary although valves connected to each using small conical spines also observed (
<figureCitation box="[247,327,1390,1414]" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="2.[136,248,1774,1796]" captionTargetBox="[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Scanning electron micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. SEM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 20. SEM external view of an entire valve. Note the continuous series of marginal spines running from apex to apex and the lack of rimoportula at one apex. 21. SEM girdle view of two valves connected to each other via the short, conical spines. 22. SEM side view of the valve apex showing mantle plaques, the apical pore field, five protruding conical spines at the apex and the depressed rimoportula. 23. SEM external view of a valve apex showing the rimoportula, the conical spines on their pit-like depressions and the uniseriate striae with the combination of rounded and slit-like areolae. 24. SEM external detail of the central area. Note the slit-like areolae terminating the striae at the sternum. 25. SEM internal detail of a valve apex with the large rimoportula. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 2021), 1 μm (Figs 2225)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059550" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059550/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
). Valves linear to weakly linear-lanceolate with almost parallel margins. Valves occasionally bent. Apices clearly protracted, typically capitate in longer valves (
<figureCitation box="[723,836,1426,1450]" captionStart="FIGURES 119" captionStartId="1.[136,248,1504,1526]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,188,1478]" captionTargetId="figure-22@1.[151,1435,188,1478]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 119. Light micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. LM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 1. Frustule in girdle view. 219. LM views of the population arranged in decreasing length. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059548" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059548/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Figs 219</figureCitation>
). Smaller valves with more rostrate apices (
<figureCitation box="[1313,1439,1426,1450]" captionStart="FIGURES 119" captionStartId="1.[136,248,1504,1526]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,188,1478]" captionTargetId="figure-22@1.[151,1435,188,1478]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 119. Light micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. LM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 1. Frustule in girdle view. 219. LM views of the population arranged in decreasing length. Scale bar = 10 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059548" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059548/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Figs 1819</figureCitation>
). Continuous series of small, solid, conical spines, each located in a pit-like depression, present on the valve margin (
<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="2.[136,248,1774,1796]" captionTargetBox="[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Scanning electron micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. SEM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 20. SEM external view of an entire valve. Note the continuous series of marginal spines running from apex to apex and the lack of rimoportula at one apex. 21. SEM girdle view of two valves connected to each other via the short, conical spines. 22. SEM side view of the valve apex showing mantle plaques, the apical pore field, five protruding conical spines at the apex and the depressed rimoportula. 23. SEM external view of a valve apex showing the rimoportula, the conical spines on their pit-like depressions and the uniseriate striae with the combination of rounded and slit-like areolae. 24. SEM external detail of the central area. Note the slit-like areolae terminating the striae at the sternum. 25. SEM internal detail of a valve apex with the large rimoportula. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 2021), 1 μm (Figs 2225)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059550" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059550/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Figs 20, 2324</figureCitation>
). At the apices, short series of spines present above the apical pore field (
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). Large mantle plaques present on the mantle edge (
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). Valve dimensions (n=25): length 40110 µm, width 2.53.0 µm. Sternum narrow but distinct, linear, very gradually widening towards the central area. Central area small, asymmetrical with a rectangular unilateral fascia on one side and slightly shortened striae on the opposite side (
<figureCitation box="[904,987,1606,1630]" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="2.[136,248,1774,1796]" captionTargetBox="[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Scanning electron micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. SEM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 20. SEM external view of an entire valve. Note the continuous series of marginal spines running from apex to apex and the lack of rimoportula at one apex. 21. SEM girdle view of two valves connected to each other via the short, conical spines. 22. SEM side view of the valve apex showing mantle plaques, the apical pore field, five protruding conical spines at the apex and the depressed rimoportula. 23. SEM external view of a valve apex showing the rimoportula, the conical spines on their pit-like depressions and the uniseriate striae with the combination of rounded and slit-like areolae. 24. SEM external detail of the central area. Note the slit-like areolae terminating the striae at the sternum. 25. SEM internal detail of a valve apex with the large rimoportula. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 2021), 1 μm (Figs 2225)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059550" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059550/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
). Striae uniseriate, composed of relatively large, rimmed rounded areolae externally covered by individual vola (
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). Near the sternum, striae terminating in short shallow slits (
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). Mantle striae composed of 34 rounded areolae (
<figureCitation box="[895,1020,1678,1702]" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="2.[136,248,1774,1796]" captionTargetBox="[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[241,1346,190,1750]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Scanning electron micrographs of Fragilaria crocodylus Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel sp. nov. SEM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 20. SEM external view of an entire valve. Note the continuous series of marginal spines running from apex to apex and the lack of rimoportula at one apex. 21. SEM girdle view of two valves connected to each other via the short, conical spines. 22. SEM side view of the valve apex showing mantle plaques, the apical pore field, five protruding conical spines at the apex and the depressed rimoportula. 23. SEM external view of a valve apex showing the rimoportula, the conical spines on their pit-like depressions and the uniseriate striae with the combination of rounded and slit-like areolae. 24. SEM external detail of the central area. Note the slit-like areolae terminating the striae at the sternum. 25. SEM internal detail of a valve apex with the large rimoportula. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 2021), 1 μm (Figs 2225)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7059550" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7059550/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Figs 2021</figureCitation>
). Apical pore field large, well, delimited, of ocellolimbus
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, composed of up to 7 rows of small, squarish pores (
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). One rimoportula present, located in a fairly deep depression, transapically elongated (
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). Internally, rimoportula large, raised (
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).
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Due to the rarity of the species in the sample, the dominance of other needle-shaped
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in the sample and the age of the sample (late 19
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century), we did not find any valves with girdle bands. Observations on the girdle bands were therefore not possible.
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slide BR-4736=
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,348,2002,2026]" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">Etymology:—</emphasis>
The specific epithet “
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” refers to the continuous series of conical marginal spines and the 5 spines at the apices, resembling the teeth of a crocodile (
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<emphasis box="[740,856,2038,2062]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="210">crocodylus</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,309,1504,1526]" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">FIGURES 119.</emphasis>
Light micrographs of
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<emphasis box="[527,739,1505,1526]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Fragilaria crocodylus</emphasis>
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LM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 1. Frustule in girdle view. 219. LM views of the population arranged in decreasing length. Scale bar = 10 µm.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,618,1647,1671]" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Ecology &amp; associated diatom flora:—</emphasis>
Sample 2646 was collected from stones in the Attersee, the largest lake in the province of Upper-Austria (
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). The lake, situated at
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with a maximum depth of
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(
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). The sample is dominated by several
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<emphasis box="[922,1085,1719,1743]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Achnanthidium</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis box="[1149,1369,1719,1743]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Brachysira neoexilis</emphasis>
LangeBertalot
</taxonomicName>
(in
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),
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<emphasis box="[657,833,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Denticula tenuis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis box="[1060,1282,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Eucocconeis flexella</emphasis>
(
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) F.
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,
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<emphasis box="[406,700,1791,1815]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Fragilaria perdelicatissima</emphasis>
Lange-Bertalot &amp; Van de Vijver
</taxonomicName>
(in
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) and
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<emphasis box="[182,437,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Humidophila perpusilla</emphasis>
(
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) R.L.
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Lowe
<emphasis box="[787,841,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">et al.</emphasis>
(2014: 358)
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</taxonomicName>
. Following the ecological preferences of the observed species, based on literature data in
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Lange-Bertalot
<emphasis box="[788,842,1863,1887]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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, this diatom flora points to oligotrophic, calcium bicarbonate enriched, low saprobity lake conditions. The Attersee has always been ultra-oligotrophic and therefore been considered a reference ecosystem for alpine lakes in the Austrian Salzkammergut district following the rules of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) (
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). Unfortunately, recent diatom data are lacking that could be used to compare the present-day diatom flora with the historic (19
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century) flora. The (European) distribution of the new species is unclear, most likely due to confusion with similar, needle-shaped
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<emphasis box="[945,1058,2043,2067]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="211">Fragilaria</emphasis>
species.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,323,1774,1796]" pageId="2" pageNumber="212">FIGURES 2025.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs of
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<emphasis box="[672,885,1774,1795]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="212">Fragilaria crocodylus</emphasis>
Van de Vijver &amp; C.E.Wetzel
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SEM images taken from the holotype population (BR-4736, Grunow sample 2646, Attersee, Austria). 20. SEM external view of an entire valve. Note the continuous series of marginal spines running from apex to apex and the lack of rimoportula at one apex. 21. SEM girdle view of two valves connected to each other via the short, conical spines. 22. SEM side view of the valve apex showing mantle plaques, the apical pore field, five protruding conical spines at the apex and the depressed rimoportula. 23. SEM external view of a valve apex showing the rimoportula, the conical spines on their pit-like depressions and the uniseriate striae with the combination of rounded and slit-like areolae. 24. SEM external detail of the central area. Note the slit-like areolae terminating the striae at the sternum. 25. SEM internal detail of a valve apex with the large rimoportula. Scale bars = 10 μm (Figs 2021), 1 μm (Figs 2225).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[189,477,158,183]" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">Taxonomic comments:—</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[477,717,159,183]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">Fragilaria crocodylus</emphasis>
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can hardly be confused with any other needle-shaped
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<emphasis box="[1339,1452,159,183]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">Fragilaria</emphasis>
species.
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<emphasis box="[229,419,195,219]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">Fragilaria tenera</emphasis>
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lacks the distinctly developed, capitate apices but instead had narrow, weakly capitate apices (
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,
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Almeida
<emphasis box="[582,637,231,255]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
2016
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). Moreover
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<emphasis box="[832,927,231,254]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">F. tenera</emphasis>
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has narrower valves (1.82.5 µm versus 2.53.0 µm) and therefore also a more needle-shaped valve outline with gradually tapering margins, contrary to the almost linear valve outline with parallel margins in
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<emphasis box="[536,678,303,327]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">F. crocodylus</emphasis>
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. The spines in
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<emphasis box="[836,929,303,326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">F. tenera</emphasis>
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are shark-tooth like and are directly connected to the valve margin, whereas in
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<emphasis box="[450,593,339,363]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="213">F. crocodylus</emphasis>
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, the spines are conical and located in pit-like depressions (
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Almeida
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2016
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). Other longer
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species
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such as
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P.D.Almeida, E.Morales &amp; C.E.Wetzel
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(in
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Almeida
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2016: 171
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) and
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K.J.Krahn &amp; C.E.Wetzel
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(in
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Krahn
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2021: 5
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) sufficiently differ by their thin, linear-lanceolate valve outline, their lower valve width (&lt;2.5 µm) and the structure of their spines (never acute conical in pit-like depressions), to exclude conspecificity.
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