Published October 12, 2018 | Version v1
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Podosira stelligera Mann 1907

  • 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

Podosira stelligera (Bailey) Mann (1907: 242) (Figs 5, 6)

References: Mann 1907, p. 242; Hendey 1964, p. 90, pl. 22, fig. 6; Hoppenrath et al. 2009, fig. 54.

Features: Diameter 34–56 μm.

Description: Valves circular, rounded areolae arranged in radial striae. Distinct straight rows of dots occur from the center up to the periphery of the valve face forming a stellate appearance.

Ecology and Distribution: A marine benthic species commonly found in the plankton. Previously reported from the Gulf (Simonsen 1974). 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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mann
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Order
Coscinodiscales
Family
Coscinodiscaceae
Genus
Podosira
Species
stelligera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Podosira stelligera Mann, 1907 sec. Al-Handal, Thomas & Pennesi, 2018

References

  • Mann, A. (1907) Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross Voyages in the Pacific Ocean, 1888 - 1904. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 10: 221 - 419.
  • Hendey, N. I. (1964) An Introductory Account of the Smaller Algae of British Coastal Waters, Part V: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 317 pp.
  • Hoppenrath, M., Elbrachter, M. & Drebes, G. (2009) Marine phytoplankton: selected microphytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 246 pp.
  • Simonsen, R. (1974) The diatom plankton of the Indian Ocean expedition of RV. " Meteor " 1964 - 1965. Forschungsergebnisse, Reihe D: Biologie 19: 1 - 107.