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Chelonicola Majewska, De Stefano & Van de Vijver 2015, gen. nov.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, II University of Naples, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy & BioNEM Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University " Magna Graecia " of Catanzaro, Loc. Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
  • 2. Museum of Natural History and & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
  • 3. Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, II University of Naples, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
  • 4. Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy & Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
  • 5. Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
  • 6. Botanic Garden Meise, Department of Bryophyta & Thallophyta, Nieuwelaan 38, B- 1860 Meise, Belgium & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, ECOBE, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

Description

Chelonicola Majewska, De Stefano & Van de Vijver, gen. nov.

Frustules isovalvar, wedge-shaped in girdle view. Girdle composed of a large number (>10) of open, perforated bands of equal width. Valvocopula bearing a septum at the headpole and the second copula with a septum at the footpole. Valves heteropolar with a broadly rounded headpole and an acutely rounded footpole. Pseudosepta and apical pore field absent. Raphe straight to very weakly curving. Proximal raphe endings unilaterally weakly deflected towards the primary side. Distal raphe fissures elongated, deflected to the secondary side, continuing on both poles shortly onto the mantle. Internal proximal raphe endings covered by silica flap and distal raphe endings straight, terminating on weakly developed helictoglossae. Striae uniseriate, composed of several small, rounded areolae. Areolae internally occluded by hymenes.

Type:— Chelonicola costaricensis Majewska, De Stefano & Van de Vijver, sp. nov.

Etymology:—The generic name refers to the epizoic habitat where it was found: living (Latin: - cola = living on) on the carapaces of sea turtles (Latin: Chelonia = turtle)

Notes

Published as part of Majewska, Roksana, Kociolek, J. P., Thomas, Evan W., Stefano, Mario De, Santoro, Mario, Bolaños, Federico & Vijver, Bart Van De, 2015, Chelonicola and Poulinea, two new gomphonemoid diatom genera (Bacillariophyta) living on marine turtles from Costa Rica, pp. 236-250 in Phytotaxa 233 (3) on page 241, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.233.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13633146

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E587D85D3BFFC14A8FFF0BFD0FC232

Related works

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Journal article: 10.11646/phytotaxa.233.3.2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/13633146 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDCFFA05D3EFFC44A07FF95FFD7C050 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Majewska, De Stefano & Van de Vijver
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Order
Cymbellales
Family
Rhoicospheniaceae
Genus
Chelonicola
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Chelonicola Majewska, Stefano & Vijver, 2015