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Campylodiscus fastuosus Ehrenberg 1845

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Division of Natural Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, GU 83823, USA e-mail: clobban @ guam. net

Description

Campylodiscus fastuosus Ehrenberg Figs 13, 14, 16, 18–20

Syn: Campylodiscus thuretii Brébisson

C. simulans Gregory

Ref. illus: Peragallo & Peragallo 1897 –1908, pl. 57, figs 4–9 (as C. thuretii); Choi & Noh 1987, figs 73–76; Guettinger 1989 2.09.01-1; López Fuerte et al. 2010, pl. 39, figs 10, 11 (as C. simulans); Stidolph et al. 2012, pl. 21, fig. 14 and pl. 6, fig. 132 (the latter as C. thuretii)

Samples: GU66F-7A, GU66F-8, GU52Q-10a, GU52Q-2, GY44Y-13

Dimensions: 16–34 µm diam., central striae 14 in 10 µm

Diagnostics: Circular valves with two parallel lines of short striae along the apical axis. Small valves similar to Surirella scalaris Giffen (Figs 15, 17) (Lobban et al. 2012, pl. 68, figs 5, 6; pl. 69, figs 1, 2), but differing in the marked narrowing of the infundibula such that the spaces between them become wider and with a single prominent rib reaching the central area, whereas in S. scalaris the infundibula taper only a little and leave a uniform space between them, without a prominent rib. Both have several spiny ridges over the infundibula on both sides of the raphe; those of C. fastuosus are less spiny in comparison.

Comments: The difference is hard to see in small specimens in LM, and we needed complete frustules (Figs 16, 18) before being sure about C. fastuosus, which commonly co-occurred with S. scalaris in these Guam samples from farmer-fish territories. The LM image published in Lobban et al. 2012, pl. 68, fig. 4 as Surirella scalaris is in fact C. fastuosus and a true image is shown here in Fig. 15 for comparison. This has been corrected on the web page. See VanLandingham (1968) for synonymies.

Notes

Published as part of Lobban, Christopher S., 2015, Benthic marine diatom flora of Guam: new records, redescription of Psammodictyon pustulatum n. comb., n. stat., and three new species (Colliculoamphora gabgabensis, Lauderia excentrica, and Rhoiconeis pagoensis), pp. 1-49 in Micronesica 2015 (2) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12117576

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ehrenberg
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Order
Surirellales
Family
Surirellaceae
Genus
Campylodiscus
Species
fastuosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Campylodiscus fastuosus Ehrenberg, 1845 sec. Lobban, 2015

References

  • Peragallo H. & M. Peragallo. 1897 - 1908. Diatomees Marines de France et des Districts Maritimes Voisins. M. J. Tempere, Grez-sur-Loing, France, pp. 491 + 137 pl.
  • Choi, J. K. & J. H. Noh. 1987. The fine structure of new recorded pennate diatoms in Korea. Korean Journal of Phycology 2: 97 - 117.
  • Lopez Fuerte, F. O., D. A. Siqueiros Beltrones & J. N. Navarro. 2010. Benthic Diatoms Associated with Mangrove Environments in the Northwest Region of Mexico. CONABIO, Gobierno Federal Mexicano, Mexico City. ISBN 978 - 607 - 7607 - 30 - 4.
  • Stidolph, S. R., F. A. S. Sterrenburg, K. E. L. Smith & A. Kraberg. 2012. Stuart R. Stidolph Diatom Atlas: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012 - 1163, available online at http: // pubs. usgs. gov / of / 2012 / 1163 / (accessed 25 July 2014).
  • Lobban, C. S., M. Schefter, R. W. Jordan, Y. Arai, A. Sasaki, E. C. Theriot, M. Ashworth, E. C. Ruck & C. Pennesi. 2012. Coral-reef diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Guam: new records and preliminary checklist, with emphasis on epiphytic species from farmer-fish territories. Micronesica 43: 237 - 479. [Errata on page 480 of the print edition and posted online at http: // micronesica. org / sites / default / files / 12 _ lobban _ et _ al _ 2012 _ errata. pdf]
  • VanLandingham, S. L. 1968. Catalogue of the Fossil and Recent Genera and Species of Diatoms and their Synonyms. Part II. Bacteriastrum through Coscinodiscus. J. Cramer, Lehre.