Taxon Account

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.. 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:  ].

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Record last modified: 13/04/2021