Lemnicola Round & Basson; 1997; 77

Key references

Round F.E, Basson P.W. 1997. A new monoraphid diatom genus (Pogoneis) from Bahrain and the transfer of previously described species A. hungarica and A. taeniata to new genera. Diatom Research. 12(1): 71-81.

Shi Y., Wang P., Kim H.-K., Lee H., Han M.-S., Kim B.-H. 2018. Lemnicola hungarica (Bacillariophyceae) and the new monoraphid diatom Lemnicola uniseriata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from South-Korea. Diatom Research. 33(1): 69-87.

Morphology

Frustules heterovalvar.

Valves linear-elliptic, elliptic, or lanceolate, with rounded or slightly protracted apices.

Raphe valve concave, rapheless valve convex.

Mantle with a row of pores, with convex occlusions internally.

Striae biseriate. Areolae round, occluded internally by hymenes.

Raphe valve with stauros-like asymmetrical fascia.

Raphe straight with expanded teardrop-shaped central ends, internally slightly deflected in opposite directions; terminal raphe fissures deflected in opposite directions.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference	Citation
Round F.E, Basson P.W. 1997. A new monoraphid diatom genus (Pogoneis) from Bahrain and the transfer of previously described species A. hungarica and A. taeniata to new genera. Diatom Research. 12(1): 71-81.	Morphology; Taxonomy; Type Illustration; Description
Garcia M., Fonseca de Souza V. 2006. Lemnicola hungarica (Grunow) Round & Basson from southern Brazil: ultra-structure, plastid morphology and ecology. Diatom Research. 21(2): 465-471.	Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations; Ecology
Kulikovskiy M.S., Andreeva S.A., Gusev E.S., Kuznetsova I.V., Annenkova N.V. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of monoraphid diatoms and raphe significance in evolution and taxonomy. Biology Bulletin. 43(5): 398-407.	Morphology; Biology
Shi Y., Wang P., Kim H.-K., Lee H., Han M.-S., Kim B.-H. 2018. Lemnicola hungarica (Bacillariophyceae) and the new monoraphid diatom Lemnicola uniseriata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from South-Korea. Diatom Research. 33(1): 69-87.	Morphology; Taxonomy; Biology; Illustrations;
Kulikovskiy M., Maltsev Y., Glushchenko A., Kuznetsova I., Kapustin D., Gusev E., Lange-Bertalot H. 2020. Gogorevia, a new monoraphid diatom genus for Achnanthes exigua and allied taxa (Achnanthidiaceae) described on the basis of an integrated molecular and morphological approach. Journal of Phycology. 56(6): 1601-1613.	Morphology

This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Carter C.F., Wetzel C.E., Ector L., Lemnicola Round & Basson; 1997; 77. In: Jüttner I., Carter C., Cox E.J., Ector L., Jones V., Kelly M.G., Kennedy B., Mann D.G., Turner J. A., Van de Vijver B., Wetzel C.E., Williams D.M. 2025 . Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Available online at https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/diatoms/browsespecies.php?-recid=3893. [Accessed: 7 April 2025].

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