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Original Articles

Chaetoceros atlanticus var. koreanus var. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from the East Sea of Korea and closely related taxa: insight into the ultrastructure of the setae

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Pages 465-477 | Received 19 Feb 2014, Accepted 10 Apr 2014, Published online: 07 Jul 2014
 

Abstract

Chaetoceros atlanticus var. koreanus, a new variety of C. atlanticus, was collected from the East Sea of Korea on 20 August 2013. Its morphological characteristics were examined from wild material, and the new variety was compared with three closely related taxa, C. atlanticus var. atlanticus, C. atlanticus var. neapolitanus and C. atlanticus var. skeleton. The new taxon belongs to the subgenus Chaetoceros, which is characterized by numerous granular chloroplasts in the setae as well as the body of the cell and a rimoportula on each valve, and to the section Atlantica, which is characterized by a long tubular external rimoportula at the centre of each valve, terminal and intercalary setae differing in length and direction, and wide hexagonal apertures. Chaetoceros atlanticus var. koreanus shares its general morphological characteristics with three closely related species, but has rows of small poroids forming a grid pattern, a tetragonal cross-section, and perpendicular costae on the setae. These features are not seen in the three most closely related taxa, but are sometimes found in other species included in the subgenus Chaetoceros. We therefore designate C. atlanticus var. koreanus as a new variety of C. atlanticus.

Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Joon-Baek Lee of Jeju National University, and Dr Sung-Ho Kang and Dr Hyoung Min Joo of the Korea Polar Research Institute, KIOST, for help with sample collection. We also thank Joon Sang Park of Sangmyung University for commenting on the manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea [grant number 2014-02001] and a 2014 Research Grant from Sangmyung University [grant number 2014-A000-0170].

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