Cocconeis shikinensis Hid.Suzuki 2001
Publication Details
Cocconeis shikinensis Hid.Suzuki 2001: 138, figs 1-31
Published in: Suzuki, H., Nagumo, T. & Tanaka, J. (2001). A new marine diatom, Cocconeis shikinensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from Japan. Phycological Research 49: 137-144.
Request PDFPublication date: June 2001
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Jinata, Shikine Island, the Izu Islands, Tokyo, Japan; (Suzuki, Nagumo & Tanaka 2001: 138) Holotype: (Suzuki, Nagumo & Tanaka 2001: 138, fig. 1a,b) Notes: Collector: H. Suzuki S-0002; 30.iv.1998 (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Frustule heterovalvar. Valves elliptical, 19.0-60.5 µm long, 10.0-43.0 µm wide. Raphe valve concavem, with a straight raphe, narrow axial area, small round central area, and an arrowhead-shaped terminal area. Striae of raphe valve uniseriate, radiate, parallel in the central part of the valve, 15-20 in 10 µm, containing circular areolae. Valvocopula of raphe valve fimbriate. Araphid valve convex, with a narrow axial area. Striae of araphid valve alveolate, radiate, 15-20 in 10 µm, the alveolus opening internally by a foramen. Valvocopula again fimbriate
Created: 06 January 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 18 December 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 May 2024
