Eunotia mucophila (Lange-Bertalot, Nörpel & Alles) Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Garcia-Rodriguez; 2005; 53

Synonymy

Eunotia bilunaris var. mucophila Lange-Bertalot, Nörpel & Alles 1991

Key references

Lange-Bertalot H., Bąk M., Witkowski A. 2011. Eunotia and some related genera. Diatoms of European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell. 747 pp

Morphology

Size
12.5-60.5 µm long, 2-3 µm wide (UK population).

Shape
Valves arcuate with slightly protracted, subrostrate or weakly subcapitate poles, which can be slightly deflected dorsally.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, isopolar.

Striae
Striae parallel, sometimes slightly radiate near apices, evenly spaced (22-23 in 10 µm, UK population).

Raphe
Short raphe, mostly located on mantle; short terminal fissures bent dorsally close to the poles, recurved towards the valve centre, terminating in the centre of the valve face.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference	Citation
Alles E., Nörpel-Schempp M., Lange-Bertalot H. 1991. Zur Systematik und Ökologie charakteristischer Eunotia-Arten (Bacillariophyceae) in elektrolytarmen Bachoberläufen. Nova Hedwigia. 53(1-2): 171-213.	Morphology; Ecology; Taxonomy; Type Illustration; Description
Gaiser E.E., Johansen J. 2000. Freshwater diatom from Carolina bays and other isolated wetlands on the Atlantic coastal plain of south Carolina, USA, with descriptions of seven taxa new to science. Diatom Research. 15(1): 75-130.	Ecology; Illustrations
Metzeltin D., Lange-Bertalot H., Garciá-Rodríguez F. 2005. Diatoms of Uruguay. Iconographia Diatomologica, Vol. 15, H. Lange-Bertalot (ed.), A.R.G. Gantner, Ruggell.	Taxonomy
Siver P.A., Hamilton P.B., Stachura-Suchoples K., Kociolek J.P. 2005. Diatoms of North America: The Freshwater Flora of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. Ruggell, A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. 463 pp	Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H., Bąk M., Witkowski A. 2011. Eunotia and some related genera. Diatoms of European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell. 747 pp	Morphology; Illustrations; Ecology;
Chen X., Bu Z., Yang X., Wang S. 2012. Epiphytic diatoms and their relation to moisture and moss composition in two montane mires, Northeast China. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 181/3: 197-206.	Ecology
Chen X., Qin Y., Stevenson M.A., McGowan S. 2014. Diatom communities along pH and hydrological gradients in three montane mires, central China. Ecological Indicators. 45: 123-129.	Ecology
Jacques O., Bouchard F., MacDonald L.A., Hall R.I., Wolfe B.B., Pienitz R. 2016. Distribution and diversity of diatom assemblages in surficial sediments of shallow lakes in Wapusk National Park (Manitoba, Canada) region of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Ecology and Evolution. 6: 4526-4540.	Ecology
Glushchenko A.M., Kulikovskiy M.S. 2017. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Genus Eunotia Ehrenberg in Aquatic Ecosystems of Vietnam. Inland Water Biology. 10(2): 130-139.	Morphology; Illustrations

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This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Ector L. Eunotia mucophila (Lange-Bertalot, Nörpel & Alles) Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Garcia-Rodriguez; 2005; 53. 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.. Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Available online at https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/diatoms/browsespecies.php?-recid=2537. [Accessed: ].

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