Items for "new taxon"

Taxonomic appraisal of Melosira arctica Dickie and description of a new variety (Bacillariophyta)

Original material of Melosira arctica was examined. Species circumscription is emended to include detailed frustule fine structure and, for the first time, the basic morphometrics of the population from original material have been established using light and electron microscopy...

Keywords: centric diatoms, Ehrenberg collection, new taxon, sea ice, SEM