Bibliographic Detail
Van de Vijver, B. & Mataloni, G., 2008
Reference:
Van de Vijver, B. & Mataloni, G. (2008). New and interesting species in the genus Luticola D.G. Mann (Bacillariophyta) from Deception Island (South Shetland Islands). Phycologia 47(5): 451-467, 104 figs, 1 table.
Publication Date:
2008
Abstract:
During a survey of the terrestrial diatom flora of Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, southern Atlantic Ocean),
10 taxa belonging to the genus Luticola were observed. Five of these, namely Luticola gigamuticopsis sp. nov., L.
caubergsii sp. nov., L. quadriscrobiculata sp. nov., L. nelidae sp. nov. and L. australomutica sp. nov., are described as new
species using light and scanning electron microscopy. Comments are made on their systematic position and on
differences and similarities with other species. The morphology and taxonomy of the five other Luticola taxa, including
Luticola muticopsis and two related forms, are also discussed. The high number of Luticola taxa on Deception Island is
remarkable but not unusual for oceanic islands. From the biogeographical point of view, there is a clear separation
between the sub-Antarctic localities in the southern
