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TABLE 1 in Gomphonema rajaguruii sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) species from the Western Ghats, India
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- 1. Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004 India
- 2. Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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TABLE 1. Comparison between the morphologically similar species and Gomphonema rajaguruii sp. nov. from the different sources. (— indicates unknown)
| Features / Species | Gomphonema rajaguruii sp. nov | Gomphonema kallarense Pardhi et al. 2020 | Gomphonema lujanense E. Reichardt & Maidana 2008 | Gomphonema pseudointermedium E. Reichardt 2008 | Gomphonema zellense E. Reichardt 1999 | Gomphonema supertergestinum E. Reichardt 2009 | Gomphonema irroratum Hustedt 1945 |
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| Valve length (μm) | 45.5–71.0 | 32.9–46.6 | 176.4–52.6 | 28.0–55.0 | 27.0–60.0 | 22.0–52.0 | 24.0–37.0 |
| Valve width (μm) | 8.8–12.8 | 6.8–9.1 | 5.6–9.0 | 6.6–7.7 | 9.2–11.0 | 7.0–9.0 | 5.5–7.5 |
| Valve shape | Lanceolate - Rhombic | Lanceolate-clavate | Lanceolate-clavate | Clavate | Clavate | Lanceolate to elliptic | Clavate |
| Head pole | Slightly broadly rounded towards pole | Broadly rounded, almost flat, slight capitate | Bluntly rounded or truncate with small pore field | Obtusely rounded | Rounded | Broadly rounded | Broadly rounded |
| Foot pole | Narrowly rounded, elongated towards pole | Narrow rounded | Narrow rounded | Narrow rounded | Rounded | Narrowly rounded | Rounded |
| Striae (10 μm) | 9–10 in central area 10–12 towards poles | 9–13 | 7–12 | 10–11 | 8–10 | 9–12 | 14–16 |
| Striae pattern (Head to Centre) | Slightly radiate from head pole to central valve | Slight radiate | Moderately radiate | Strongly radiate | Radiate | Radiate | Strongly Radiate |
| Striae pattern (Centre to Foot) | Strongly radiate towards the foot pole | Radiate | Radiate | Weakly radiate | Slightly radiate | Parallel | Radiate |
| Areolae (10 μm) | 60–70 | 60–70 | — | — | 22–26 | — | 30–35 |
| Areolae pattern | Biseriate, slit-shaped, aligned alternatively | Biseriate, slit-shaped, aligned alternatively | Biseriate, slit-shaped, aligned alternatively | Mostly biseriate, slit-shaped | Uniseriate and Partially biseriate | Biseriate, Round | Biseriate, round |
| Raphe | Weakly undulate | Lateral to undulate | Lateral | Lateral fissure somewhat undulate | Narrow, Lateral | Lateral or filiform | Lateral, undulated |
| Axial area (size) | Slightly broader, linear to lanceolate | Broad to narrow, lanceolate | Moderately narrow, linear to lanceolate | Narrow, linear | Narrow, linear | Narrow, linear | Narrow, linear to lanceolate |
| Central area | Distinct, small | Distinct, small | Unilaterally widened with one greatly shortened stria | Small | Large to nearly rectangular | Distinct, Extended to the edge, Very short striae | Small, irregular to elliptic |
| Pseudoseptum | Present | Present | — | — | Absent | Present | — |
| Stigma Externally | Oval | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | 1 |
| Habitat | Wet wall | Stream | River | Lake | Lake | Lake | Lake |
| Type locality | Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India | Kallar stream, Kerala, India | Lujan river, Argentina | Inley Lake, Burma | Zellsee Lake, Germany | Brandenburg, Germany | Balkan Highlands, Balkan Peninsula |
| Reference | Present study | Pardhi et al. (2020) | Reichardt (2008) | Reichardt (2008) | Reichardt (1999) | Reichardt (2009) | Hustedt (1945) |
Notes
Published as part of Yogeshwaran, Murugesan, Kociolek, John Patrick & Karthick, Balasubramanian, 2023, Gomphonema rajaguruii sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) species from the Western Ghats, India, pp. 203 in Phytotaxa 595 (2) on page 203, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7905892
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References
- Pardhi, S., Vigneshwaran, A., Karthick, B., Kociolek, J. P., Glushchenko, A. & Kulikovskiy, M. (2020) Morphological investigation and description of two new Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) species from India and Vietnam with biogeographical comments. Phytotaxa 468 (2): 175 - 189. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 468.2.2
- Reichardt, E. (2008) Gomphonema intermedium Hustedt sowie drei neue, ahnliche Arten. Diatom Research 23 (1): 105 - 115. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 0269249 X. 2008.9705740
- Reichardt, E. (1999) Zur Revision der Gattung Gomphonema. Die Arten um G. affine / insigne, G. angustatum / micropus, G. acuminatum sowie gomphonemoide Diatomeen aus dem Oberoligozan in Bohmen. Iconographia Diatomologica 8: 1 - 202.
- Reichardt, E. (2009) Silikatauswuchse an den inneren Stigmenoffnungen bei Gomphonema - Arten. Diatom Research 24 (1): 159 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 0269249 X. 2009.9705788
- Hustedt, F. (1945) Diatomeen aus Seen und Quellgebieten der Balkan-Halbinsel. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 40 (4): 867 - 973.