New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Frankophila biggsii (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom
species from New Zealand
Rex L. Lowe
Department of Biological Sciences
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
and
University of Michigan Biological Station
Pellston, MI 49769, USA
Eduardo Morales
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA
Cathy Kilroy
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 8602
Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract A new diatom, Frankophila biggsii,
is described from freshwater subaerial wet limestone/dolomite wall
habitats on the South Island of New Zealand. Although the appearance of
Frankophila in the light microscope would lead one to assume
that this diatom belonged to the genus Staurosira,
Staurosirella, or perhaps Pseudostaurosira, the
presence of a reduced raphe at the valve apices places it in the genus Frankophila.
The morphology and ecology are presented here.
Keywords diatom; Frankophila biggsii; New
Zealand; microalgae
B05038; Received 2 September 2005; accepted 1 December 2005; Online
publication date 23 February 2006
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2006, Vol. 44: 41–46
0028–825X/06/4401–0041 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006
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