Bibliographic Detail
Li, Y., Suzuki, H., Nagumo, T., Tanaka, J., Sun, Z. & Xu, K., 2015
Reference:
Li, Y., Suzuki, H., Nagumo, T., Tanaka, J., Sun, Z. & Xu, K. (2015). Fallacia decussata, sp. nov. : a new marine benthic diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from Northeast Asia. Phytotaxa 224(3): 258-266.
Abstract:
Fallacia decussata is described as a new marine littoral diatom from Northeast Asia. Its morphology was examined with light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Fallacia decussata has a unique feature, viz., possessing 24 pores on each side of raphe terminal fissures, while all congeners have either invariably a single pore or only a slit. This species
differs from congeners also by a combination of morphological features including: i) elliptical valves with broadly round poles; and ii) convex and centrally strongly constricted lateral sterna, forming a more or less X-shaped central area; iii) striation density of 2528 in 10 m. This species is an epipsammic diatom currently known from intertidal zone in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
