Taxon Account

Eunotia paratridentula Lange-Bertalot & Kulikovskiy; 2010; 33

Synonymy

Eunotia muscicola var. tridentula Nörpel & Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot 1993

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
11.5-21.5 µm long, 4-4.5 µm wide (UK population).

Shape
Valves arcuate with capitate or subcapitate apices, in larger valves apices are slightly dorsally deflected. A moderately convex dorsal margin with three regularly spaced undulations, a slightly concave ventral margin with two undulations near apices.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, isopolar.

Striae
Striae slightly radiate throughout, (16) 17 in 10 µm (UK population).

Raphe
Raphe located mostly on mantle, curving onto valve face close to apices and terminating close to ventral margin.


SEM morphology
Areolae occluded; copulae with undulate margins; a rimoportula located in centre of apex.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Lange-Bertalot H. 1993. 85 Neue Taxa und über 100 weitere neu definierte Taxa ergänzend zur Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa Vol. 2/1-4. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 27, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 454 pp Taxonomy; Description
Kulikovskiy M.S., Lange-Bertalot H., Witkowski A., Dorofeyuk N.I., Genkal S.I. 2010. Diatom assemblages from Sphagnum bogs of the world. I. Nur bog in northern Mongolia. 55. Bibliotheca Diatomologica. 326 pp Taxonomy; Morphology; 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; Ecology; Illustrations;
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Kelly M., Jones V. Eunotia paratridentula Lange-Bertalot & Kulikovskiy; 2010; 33. 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=2542. [Accessed:  ].

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Record last modified: 27/12/2020