Taxon Account

Staurosira C.G. Ehrenberg; 1843; 45

Key references

Williams D.M., Round F.E. 1987. Revision of the genus Fragilaria. Diatom Research. 2(2): 267-288.

Morphology

Cells solitary or forming ribbon-like or zigzag colonies.

Valves oval, cruciform, elliptic or triangular.

Sternum variable in width.

Striae formed by rounded or elliptical areolae.

Rimoportulae absent.

Apical porefield variable.

Spines hollow, spatulate or dichotomous.

Mantle plaques usually absent.

Girdle bands open, not perforated.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Ehrenberg C.G. 1843. Mittheilungen über 2 neue asiatische Lager fossiler Infusorien-Erden aus dem russischen Trans-Kaukasien (Grusien) und Sibirien. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1843. 43-49. Description; Morphology; Taxonomy
Williams D.M., Round F.E. 1987. Revision of the genus Fragilaria. Diatom Research. 2(2): 267-288. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations;
Morales E.A. 2001. Morphological studies in selected fragilarioid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from Connecticut waters (U.S.A.). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 151: 105-120. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations
Manoylov K.M., Morales E.A., Stoermer E.F. 2003. Staurosira stevensonii (Bacillariophyta) a new species from Florida, USA European. Journal of Phycology. 38: 65-71. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Siver P.A., Hamilton P.B., Stachura-Suchoples, K., Kociolek J.P. 2005. Diatoms of North America. The Freshwater Flora of Cape Cod. Iconographia Diatomologica. 14: 1-463. Morphology; Illustrations
Morales E.A. 2006. Staurosira incerta (Bacillariophyceae) a new fragilarioid taxon from freshwater systems in the United States with comments on the structure of girdle bands in Staurosira Ehrenberg and Staurosirella Williams et Round. Ognjanova-Rumenova N. & Manoylov K. (eds). Advances in Phycological Studies. Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Dobrina Temniskova-Topalova. 133-145. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations
Ács É., Morales E.A., Kiss K.T., Bolla B., Plenković-Moraj A., Reskone M.N., Ector L. 2009. Staurosira grigorszkyi nom. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) an araphid diatom from Lake Balaton, Hungary, with notes on Fragilaria hungarica Pantocsek. Nova Hedwigia. 89: 469-483. Taxonomy; Illustrations; Morphology
Morales E.A., Manoylov K.M., Bahls L.L. 2010. Three new araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from rivers in North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 160: 29-46. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Chudaev D.A., Gololobova M. 2012. Frustule morphology of species of the genus Staurosira sensu stricto (Bacillariophyceae) from the Lake Glubokoe (Moscow Region). Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii. 46: 68-84. Morphology; Illustrations
Morales E.A., Novais M.H., Chávez G., Hoffman L., Ector L. 2012. Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from the Bolivian Altiplano: three new araphid species from the Desaguadero River draining Lake Titicaca. Fottea. 12(1): 41–58. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Van de Vijver B., Morales E.A., Kopalová K. 2014. Three new araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from the Maritime Antarctic Region. Phytotaxa. 167(3): 256-266. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Reavie E.D., Kireta A.R. 2015. Centric, Araphid and Eunotioid Diatoms of the Coastal Laurentian Great Lakes. Bibliotheca Diatomologica. 62: 184. Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
Morales E.A., Wetzel C.E., Van de Vijver B., Ector L. 2015. Morphological studies on type material of widely cited araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta). Phycologia. 54(5): 455-470. Morphology; Illustrations
Garcia M.L., Maidana N., Ector L., Morales E. 2017. Staurosira patagonica sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) from southern Argentina, with a discussion on the genus Staurosira Ehrenberg. Nova Hedwigia. 146: 103-123. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Rusanov A.G., Ector L., Morales E.A., Kiss K.T., Ács E. 2018. Morphometric analyses of Staurosira inflata comb. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) and the morphologically related Staurosira tabellaria from north-western Russia. European Journal of Phycology. 53(3): 336-349. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Grana L., Morales E.A., Maidana N.I., Ector L. 2018. Two new species of Staurosira and Pseudostaurosira (Bacillariophyta) from the highlands of Argentina (south-central Andes) and two new nomenclatural combinations. Phytotaxa. 365(1): 60-72. Morphology; Illustrations; Taxonomy
Van de Vijver B., Guiry M.D. 2022. Typification and observations on Triceratium exiguum W.Smith and its elevation to species level in the genus Staurosira (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyta). Notulae Algarum. 240: 1-4. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations
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Van de Vijver B., Jüttner I., Williams D. M. Staurosira C.G. Ehrenberg; 1843; 45. 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=3742. [Accessed:  ].

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