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Cyclotella stylorum Brightwell 1860

  • 1. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 2. Biology Department, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, USA
  • 3. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia

Description

Cyclotella stylorum Brightwell (1860: 96) (Fig. 3)

References: Brightwell 1860, pl. 6, fig. 16; Krammer & Lange-Bertalot 1991, p. 46, pl. 59, fig. 6; Desikachary 1988, pl. 560, figs 1,2,5, 10; Hendey, 1970, p.112, pl. 6, fig. 68.

Features: Diameter 36–60 μm, marginal striae 13–15 in 10 μm.

Description: Valves circular, central area slightly undulate to nearly flat, coarsely punctate. Marginal striae radiate, occupy 1/3 the distance to valve center.

Ecology and Distribution: Widely distributed brackish water and marine species, more common in warm waters. Previously known from the Gulf (Hendey 1970). Frequent in Basra corals.

Notes

Published as part of Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara, 2018, Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq, pp. 111-152 in Phytotaxa 372 (2) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13728822

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References

  • Brightwell, T. (1860) On some of the rare or undescribed species of Diatomaceae. Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 8: 93 - 96.
  • Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1991) Bacillariophyceae. III. Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. In: Ettl, H., Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. (Eds) Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 2 / 3. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, pp. 576.
  • Desikachary, T. V. (1988) Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. Atlas of diatoms. Fascicle V. Madras Science Foundation, Madras, 234 pp.
  • Hendey, N. I. (1970) Some littoral diatoms of Kuwait. Nova Hedwigia 31: 101 - 168