Gato hyalinus Lobban & J.N.Navarro 2013
Publication Details
Gato hyalinus Lobban & J.N.Navarro 2013: 23, figs 1-21
Published in: Lobban, C.S. & Navarro, J.N. (2013). Gato hyalinus gen. et sp. nov., an unusual araphid tube-dwelling diatom from Western Pacific and Caribbean islands. Phytotaxa 127: 22-31.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gato.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Guam: Apra Harbor, GabGab reef, 13° 26' 33.63" N, 144° 38' 34.25" E"; (Lobban & Navarro 2012: 23)20 June 2009; epiphytic on algal turf in farmer fish territories; GU; 44Z-15 (Lobban & Navarro 2012: 23) Notes: "...strewn on microscope slide and filtered onto Millipore® filter paper. (Specimen circled on microscope slide marked CAS #223005, accession #627383, holotype, designated here; SEM stub of collection GU44Z-15.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), glassy, hyaline, glassy-green.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells colonial in short, sometimes branched mucilage tubes. Plastids numerous, elongate lenticular. Valves oval, slightly tapered toward foot pole, length 30-40 µm, width 13-15 µm. Transapical striae extremely fine, ca. 60-70 in 10 µm, parallel except radiating from head pole of sternum, and oblique at foot pole. Foot pole rimoportula on valve margin; head pole rimoportulae at or beyond end of sternum, near edge of mantle. Rimmed pores 3-5 on each side of the foot pole, on valve with basal rimoportula associated with pairs of oblique striae extending from each toward the sternum, and several others irregularly placed on transapical striae near margin.
Created: 23 November 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 June 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 May 2024
