Diploneis weissflogii Cleve
Authors/Creators
- 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
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).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.13282811 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/5A2CFFA25072FFB4217F5C59FFD1003F (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/A61587DA506BFFAE21985AB4FA9101A4 (URL)
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.