Nitzschia buschbeckii Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Ruppel 2004
Publication Details
Nitzschia buschbeckii Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Ruppel 2004: 583, 584, figs 10-25
Published in: Witkowski, A., Lange-Bertalot, H., Kociolek, J.P., Ruppel, M., Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, B., Bąk, M. & Brzezinska, A. (2004). Four new species of Nitzschia sect. Tryblionella (Bacillariophyceae) resembling N. parvula. Phycologia 43: 579-595, 93 figs, 4 tables.
Request PDFPublication date: 30th September, 2004
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Davis Sea, Station Mirny, Island of Stroitelei; (Witkowski & al., 2004: 583) Holotype: From rock, 34 m deep; Coll. Witkowski, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Szczecin; Slide 4016/1 (Witkowski & al., 2004: 583) Notes: Isotypes: Slides CAS 221058; BRM Zu5/ 75.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Valves nearly linear, slightly panduriform, with cuneate apices, 26-52 µm long, 6.3-9.3 µm wide. Raphe strongly eccentric, fibulae distinct, 10-12 in 10 µm, the median two farther apart. Transapical striae developed in the marginal part of the valve, finely punctate, 21-24 in 10 µm. The value surface of N. buschbeckii is distinctly undulate, bearing a keeled raphe at one side and a very shallow mantle on the opposite side. The transapical uniseriate striae are composed of round areolae of varying size. The striae adjacent to the distal side are usually composed of several poroids, whereas the opposite side is marked by a single row of relatively large areolae. The areolae of the striae are elliptical externally but slit-like internally. A very broad sternum interrupts the striae and all striae continue on the sternum outer surface as hyaline depressions separated by ridges and warts. The external raphe terminal fissures are abruptly deflected and the interspaces are small circular or elliptical holes. The fibulae are very broad and plain
Habitat
The species has been so far known only from the area of Mirny Station and from Molodeznaja Station, near the Antarctic continent in the Indian Ocean sector. At both localities, samples were collected from fairly deep sites (38-48 m), the substratum being either rock or rock covered with clay
Created: 16 November 2004 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 20 April 2006
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
