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Podosira stelligera A. Mann

Description

Podosira stelligera (Bailey) A. Mann (Figure 19)

Literature: (Desikachary 1988, pl. 601, figs. 1–13, pl. 602, figs. 1–11; Hendey 1964, p. 90, pl. 22, fig. 6).

Description: Diameter 62–65 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine tychopelagic species, particularly in the northern hemisphere, probably with limited distribution in Antarctica. Few specimens were observed in Potter Cove.

Notes

Published as part of Al-Handal, Adil Y., Torstensson, Anders & Wulff, Angela, 2022, Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms, pp. 81-103 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 65 (2) on page 87, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2021-0066, http://zenodo.org/record/11000147

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. Mann
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Order
Melosirales
Family
Hyalodiscaceae
Genus
Podosira
Species
stelligera
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Desikachary, T. V. (1988). Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. Atlas of diatoms. Fascicle V. Madras Science Foundation, Madras.
  • Hendey, N. I. (1964). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. V. Bacillariophyceae (diatoms). Fishery Investigations Series IV. Her Majesty' s Stationary Of fi ce, London.