Published December 31, 2016 | Version v1
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Diploneis weissflogii Cleve

  • 1. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463 40530 Göteborg, Sweden adil. alhandal @ gmail. com
  • 2. Botanic Garden Meise, Domein van Bouchout, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium
  • 3. Perpignan, France

Description

Diploneis weissflogii (A.Schmidt) Cleve (Pl. 8, Fig. 13)

References: Hustedt 1931 -59, fig. 1085; Witkowski et al. 2000, pl. 92, figs 4-5, pl. 94, figs 12-13.

Features: Apical axis: 18-28 µm, transapical axis: 12-18 µm, striae 8-9 in 10 µm. Valves elliptical with round to slightly produced apices, sharply constricted in the middle forming tongue-shaped halves. Central raphe endings small and elongate. Horns parallel and approaching at ends. Costae marked and elongated in mid-valve, slightly radiate and interrupted by several longitudinal ribs.

Remarks: Only small specimens have been found in the Mascarenes and all with one half of the valve slightly larger than the other. Widespread species in warm waters.

Occurrence: Rare in Reunion and Rodrigues Islands. Previously reported from Seychelles (G).

Notes

Published as part of Al-Handal, Adil Y., Compère, Pierre & Criobe-Usr, Catherine Riaux-Gobin, 2016, Marine benthic diatoms in the coral reefs of Reunion and Rodrigues Islands, West Indian Ocean, pp. 1-78 in Micronesica 2016 (3) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13282811

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cleve
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Bacillariophyta
Order
Naviculales
Family
Naviculaceae
Genus
Diploneis
Species
weissflogii
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Hustedt, F. 1931 - 1959. Die Kieselalgen Deutschlands, Osterreichs und der Schweiz. In: Rabenhorst's Kryptogamenflora, Band 7, Teil 2. Johnson Reprint, New York.
  • Witkowski A., Lange-Bertalot H. & Metzeltin D. 2000. Diatom Flora of Marine Coasts, Iconographia Diatomologica 7: 1 - 925.