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Achnanthidium longissimum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from Jiuzhai Valley, Southwestern China

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Pages 339-348 | Received 10 Jun 2018, Accepted 25 Sep 2018, Published online: 06 Feb 2019
 

Abstract

A new freshwater species, Achnanthidium longissimum sp. nov., is described from Jiuzhai Valley, Sichuan Province (Southwest China), based on light and scanning electron microscopy. This species belongs to the ‘Achnanthidium pyrenaicum complex’, based on having transpically elongated areolae and deflected distal raphe fissures. Achnanthidium longissimum sp. nov. possesses a unique combination of features that includes having the longest valves in the genus (nearly 50 µm long), capitate ends, and raphe vestiges near the apices of the rapheless valve. Furthermore, the mantle has a single row of linear areolae, and a narrow hyaline area at the valve face – mantle junction on both valves. Achnanthidium longissimum is compared with morphologically similar species. The new species is known from epilithic and epiphytic collections from three alkaline lakes in Jiuzhai Valley.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr Wanting Pang, Yue Cao, Jixiong Xu, and Yanlu Wang for help in the field and in the preparation of samples for microscopy.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was funded and supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31770222), National basic science and technology work (2013FY110400), and Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resources (17DZ2252700).

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