{"title":"New and interesting diatoms from Tibet. II. Description of two new species of monoraphid diatoms","authors":"QI Liu, Yandan Xiang, P. Yu, S. Xie, J. Kociolek","doi":"10.1080/0269249x.2020.1810781","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations were used to describe two new species of the freshwater monoraphid genus Crenotia Wojtal. Both species, Crenotia distincta, sp. nov. and Crenotia oblonga, sp. nov. have a unique stria structure, bi- to multiseriate terminating near the axial area. Internally, these terminal areolae have C-shaped openings that are occluded by a tapering flap, a feature unique to Crenotia species in China. The two species are easily distinguished from each other and from other members of the genus in both LM (size and valve outline) and SEM stria structure. The bi- to multiseriate nature of the striae suggests an affinity of this genus with Planothidium, but further phylogenetic analyses are required before the phylogenetic position of this genus is settled. Verified records of Crenotia are currently known from Europe and Asia, although species included in the genus by Wojtal have also been reported from North Africa and North America. The genus was originally described from springs but seems to have a wider ecological distribution.","PeriodicalId":11199,"journal":{"name":"Diatom Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"353 - 361"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0269249x.2020.1810781","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diatom Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2020.1810781","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations were used to describe two new species of the freshwater monoraphid genus Crenotia Wojtal. Both species, Crenotia distincta, sp. nov. and Crenotia oblonga, sp. nov. have a unique stria structure, bi- to multiseriate terminating near the axial area. Internally, these terminal areolae have C-shaped openings that are occluded by a tapering flap, a feature unique to Crenotia species in China. The two species are easily distinguished from each other and from other members of the genus in both LM (size and valve outline) and SEM stria structure. The bi- to multiseriate nature of the striae suggests an affinity of this genus with Planothidium, but further phylogenetic analyses are required before the phylogenetic position of this genus is settled. Verified records of Crenotia are currently known from Europe and Asia, although species included in the genus by Wojtal have also been reported from North Africa and North America. The genus was originally described from springs but seems to have a wider ecological distribution.
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Diatom Research is the journal of the International Society for Diatom Research. The journal is published quarterly, in March, June, September and December, and welcomes manuscripts on any aspect of diatom biology.
In addition to full-length papers, short notes and reviews of recent literature are published which need not contain all the sections required for full-length papers; we see these as being necessary to record information which is of interest but which cannot be followed up in detail. Discursive “Opinion” papers are encouraged which would not necessarily follow the normal lay-out. If extremely long papers are to be offered, the author(s) should contact the editors first to discuss any problems. Book reviews, obituaries and meeting reports can be published. All papers will be subject to critical review by the editors and referees, as appropriate to their content. Papers will be accepted in English only.