Taxonomy and ecology of Fragilaria billingsii sp. nov. and analysis of type material of Synedra rumpens var. fusa (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 270 (3) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMONE WENGRAT ◽  
EDUARDO A. MORALES ◽  
CARLOS E. WETZEL ◽  
PRYSCILLA D. ALMEIDA ◽  
LUC ECTOR ◽  
...  

Synedra rumpens var. fusa was originally described by Patrick, but there are only a few subsequent records of this variety in the literature. Analysis of samples from Brazilian reservoirs containing a morphologically similar taxon led us to the analysis of the type material of S. rumpens var. fusa, performed using light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In the present manuscript, an amendment to the description of the var. fusa is made and its transfer to the genus Fragilaria as F. fusa comb. et stat. nov. is proposed. Moreover, Fragilaria billingsii sp. nov. is described from a large multipurpose reservoir from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Comparative discussions with morphologically related taxa found in the literature are presented. Regarding ecological preferences, the new species was found living in slightly acidic and meso-eutrophic waters.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (3) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Van de Vijver

During a study of the freshwater diatom flora of some hot springs on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands, an unknown Brachysira species was observed. Detailed morphological analysis using both light and scanning electron microscopy observations revealed sufficient morphological differences to separate this species as Brachysira sandrae sp. nov. The new species belongs to the complex of taxa around B. brebissonii. The type material of Navicula brachysira, most likely the type of B. brebissonii, was studied to reveal its morphological ultrastructure. The new species is compared with B. brebissonii and with similar Brachysira taxa worldwide.


Mycotaxon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-612
Author(s):  
Fernanda Karstedt ◽  
Sarah E. Bergemann ◽  
Marina Capelari

Five new species of Nolanea (Entolomataceae, Agaricales)—N. albertinae, N. atropapillata, N. pallidosalmonea, N. parvispora, and N. tricholomatoidea—were collected from the São Paulo metropolitan region. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU), nuclear large subunit (nLSU) and second largest RNA polymerase subunit (rpb2), confirm that all these species belong to Nolanea. Morphological descriptions, comments, illustrations, scanning electron microscopy and color photos are included.


2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Patrícia Maria Piovezan OLIVEIRA ◽  
Helen Maria Pontes SOTÃO ◽  
Gabriely Serrão FREIRE ◽  
Josiane Santana MONTEIRO

ABSTRACT Two new species of Pucciniales fungi on plants of the Fabid clade are described from samples deposited in the herbarium of Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, collected in the state of Amapá, in the Brazilian Amazon. They are Aecidium margaritariae found on Margaritaria nobilis (Phyllanthaceae), and Uromyces amapaensis on Jatropha gossypiifolia (Euphorbiaceae). The microstructures of the specimens were analyzed using optical and scanning electron microscopy. Aecidium margaritariae is characterized by the presence of globose, subglobose to slightly ellipsoid aeciospores with warty walls and smooth areas usually in the basal portion. Uromyces amapaensis is distinguished by the presence of uredinia with paraphyses which are thickened and rounded at the tip, and pedicellate and smooth teliospores. Descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic comments are presented for each species.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 230 (2) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aude Beauger ◽  
Olivier Voldoire ◽  
Adrienne Mertens ◽  
René Le Cohu ◽  
Bart Van de Vijver

During a survey of some springs in the French Central Massif, a new Navicula species (Bacillariophyceae) was found: Navicula sanctamargaritae Beauger sp. nov. A second new Navicula species was observed during a routine biomonitoring project in Flanders: Navicula flandriae Van de Vijver & A.Mertens sp. nov.. The new species are formally described using light and scanning electron microscopy. Both species present a unique set of morphological characters including the structure of the central raphe endings, the striation pattern, the valve dimensions and outline, which allows their separation from similar Navicula taxa such as N. korzeniewskii, N. recens or N. cincta. The ecological preferences of each species are briefly discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 612-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Oliveira ◽  
F.C.R. Oliveira ◽  
N.B. Ederli

AbstractA new species of cestode of the genus Fuhrmannetta found in the small intestine of Cerradomys goytaca is described herein, named Fuhrmannetta jurubatensis n. sp. Rodents were collected from the sand-plains areas of the northern coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Morphological analyses were conducted by light and scanning electron microscopy. From the morphological analysis and a comparison with the known species of the genus, F. jurubatensis n. sp. can be identified by a combination of morphological and morphometrical characteristics, including strobila length, number and length of rostellar hooks, position of the genital pore and the number of eggs per uterine capsule.


2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Stephenson ◽  
Yu. K. Novozhilov ◽  
P. Wellman

A new species of Cribraria, described herein as C. bicolor, appeared in moist chamber cultures on samples of the bark of Eucalyptus sp. collected at two localities in Australia. The morphology of representative specimens was examined by light and scanning electron microscopy, and micrographs of relevant morphological details of sporocarps and spores are provided. The species has a number of distinct and unique morphological features, including a glossy bright-violet globose sporotheca and a two-colored long stalk which is bright-red over the lower one-third and light yellow or lemon-yellow over the upper two-thirds. The combination of these characteristics as well as a shallow calyculus which is dark-violet when viewed under a dissecting microscope and bright red in transmitted light when mounted in lactophenol makes C. bicolor a well-defined morphospecies when compared to all other species of Cribraria. The stability of the taxonomic characters of the species was confirmed by an examination of a number of specimens.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 480 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-290
Author(s):  
QI LIU ◽  
JIAJIA LI ◽  
QUANXI WANG ◽  
JOHN PATRICK KOCIOLEK Patrick Kociolek ◽  
Shulian Xie

A new species, Encyonema oblonga Liu & Xie, is collected during a survey of the freshwater diatom flora of Manghe River, Shanxi, China. The valves of this new species are oblong with rounded apices and have the features typical of Encyonema, including complex areolae. We compare the new species with the most similar taxa, E. leei, E. leei var. sinensis and E. appalachianum and consider that  E. leei var. sinensis is the valid name.  The morphology of E. oblonga is documented with light and scanning electron microscopy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 11955
Author(s):  
Manoj Ramakant Borkar

Bastawade & Borkar in 2008 made a passing reference to the presence of a single uropygid species in Goa, though without much primary diagnostic data on the collected specimen of four females.  The present study puts in place a definitive record of the uropygid, Labochirus tauricornis Pocock, (1900) in the state of Goa, and addresses an important gap in our understanding of its occurrence, morphology, and ecology. Besides documenting the species of this cryptozoic, nocturnal arachnid predator commonly known as ‘Vinegaroon’ on account of their vinegary allomone spray; the present study also describes the gross morphology , morphometry and micro-morphology of non-ambulatory sub-raptorial pedipalps which are of taxonomic-diagnostic value, elucidated using scanning electron microscopy, in addition to routine stereomicroscopy. The paper also examines in detail, sexual dimorphism and morphometry of this uropygid species. 


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-133
Author(s):  
HRISTINA KOCHOSKA ◽  
DUŠICA ZAOVA ◽  
ANASTASIJA VIDESKA ◽  
DANIJELA MITIC-KOPANJA ◽  
HRISTINA NAUMOVSKA ◽  
...  

Lowland intermittent ponds, although biologically important, are poorly studied water habitats. During the analyses of the material taken from lowland pond in Pelagonia Valley, and Vitachevo, Republic of North Macedonia, the diatom Sellaphora pelagonica sp. nov. was recorded and described based on light and scanning electron microscopy. The species is characterized by a strictly linear valve outline with parallel to slightly concave margins and broadly rounded ends, 15.0–40.0 µm long and 5.0–7.0 µm wide. These features, together with raphe structure and areolar shape are compared with several similar taxa currently ascribed to Sellaphora.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 494 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-218
Author(s):  
DMITRY CHUDAEV ◽  
INGRID JÜTTNER ◽  
ZLATKO LEVKOV

This is the first detailed taxonomic study of the genus Navicula in the Krasnodar Territory of the Caucasus region, Russia. During the study of the genus in waterbodies of the Adegoy River valley 15 taxa were recorded. Two species, N. adegoyensis sp. nov. and N. pseudocryptofallax sp. nov., are described as new to science. Their morphology is studied by light and scanning electron microscopy, and comparisons with morphologically similar species are provided. The use of the name N. avenacea for N. lanceolata sensu auct. is discussed. Navicula diversity was higher in the Adegoy River than in pools elsewhere in the river valley.


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