Published May 15, 2026 | Version v1
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Cocconeis pseudomarginata subsp. intermedia Grunow

  • 1. Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea, Galiano Island, Canada & Advanced Microscopy Facility, Bob Wright Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
  • 2. Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea, Galiano Island, Canada
  • 3. Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • 4. Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, Canada & Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • 5. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada & Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea, Galiano Island, Canada

Description

Cocconeis pseudomarginata intermedia Grunow

Cocconeis pseudomarginata var. intermedia Grunow (1867): 13, pl. 1, fig. 6 — Joh (2021): 166, figs. 73–76, 88, 89.

Description

Valves elliptical, length 73.2 (26–68) μm, width 60.1 (14–51) μm. SV (note: no SV specimen to date): sternum broadly lanceolate with ends enlarged and pear-shaped, connected to submarginal hyaline area, with longitudinal line bisecting striae between sternum and valve margins. Outer surface of sternum longitudinally depressed. Transapical striae radiate towards apices, 25–30 in 10 μm; striae composed of elongated areolae. RV: raphe weakly sigmoid, sternum very narrow with terminal ends expanded and with crescent-shaped hyaline area, resulting in raphe distant from apices. Longitudinal depression between raphe and valve margins. Central area small, rhombic. Transapical striae radiate towards apices, 23 (23–28) in 10 μm in inner parts of valve (Joh 2021).

Diagnosis

This taxon differs from the nominate variety, Cocconeis pseudomarginata, in that the raphe is slightly sigmoid and transapical striae of SV are dense (Joh 2021).

Notes

iNaturalist ID: 259455426 (Fig. 12).

Notes

Published as part of Webber, Mark, Humphrey, Elaine, van Asselt, Arjan, Chang, Alice, Morien, Evan & Simon, Andrew D. F., 2026, Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Salish Sea, Northeast Pacific: annotated checklist and new species reports, pp. e 189060 in Biodiversity Data Journal 14 on page e189060, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e189060

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Grunow
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Order
Achnanthales
Family
Cocconeidaceae
Genus
Cocconeis
Species
intermedia
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Grunow A. 1867 Diatomeen auf Sargassum von Honduras, gesammelt von Linding Hedwigia 6 1-3
  • Joh G. 2021 Distribution of the genus Cocconeis (Bacillariophyceae) along the Seogwipo coast of Jeju Island, South Korea Phytotaxa 528 3 149 179 10.11646/phytotaxa.528.3.1