Fottea 2021, 21(2):180-205 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2021.005

A review of Tabellaria species from freshwater environments in Europe

David Heudre1*, Carlos E. Wetzel2, Horst Lange-Bertalot3, Bart Van de Vijver4, 5, Laura Moreau1, Luc Ector2
1 Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement Grand Est, 2 rue Augustin Fresnel, CS 95038, 57071 Metz cedex 03, France; *Corresponding author e-mail: david.heudre@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
2 Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research & Innovation (ERIN) Department, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
3 Biologicum Institute for Ecology, Evolution, Diversity, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Lane Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
4 Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, B-1860 Meise, Belgium
5 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, ECOBE, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

The diatom genus Tabellaria Ehrenberg is one of the most widely distributed genera in freshwaters, both in benthos and phytoplankton. It is rather frequent in unpolluted, circumneutral to slightly acidic and poorly mineralized lakes, streams and peat bogs. Despite being studied intensively in the last decades, the taxonomy of this genus is still unsatisfactory as some authors recently proposed to consider most species as synonyms of Tabellaria flocculosa (Roth) Kützing. Several dozen of Tabellaria rich samples from Europe were investigated and six were selected to illustrate typical populations. Five new species are described based on detailed LM and SEM observations: Tabellaria acidodelicata sp. nov., Tabellaria hercynica sp. nov., Tabellaria koppeniana sp. nov., Tabellaria procera sp. nov. and Tabellaria valdeventricosa sp. nov. Additionally, the type materials of T. fenestrata, T. flocculosa and T. ventricosa have been investigated and illustrated together with a discussion on Tabellaria andina stat. nov., at present exclusively found in South America.

Keywords: electron microscopy, morphology, new species, Tabellaria, taxonomy, type material

Received: October 13, 2020; Revised: March 26, 2021; Accepted: April 14, 2021; Prepublished online: September 2, 2021; Published: October 13, 2021  Show citation

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Heudre, D., Wetzel, C.E., Lange-Bertalot, H., Van de Vijver, B., Moreau, L., & Ector, L. (2021). A review of Tabellaria species from freshwater environments in Europe. Fottea, 21(2), 180-205. doi: 10.5507/fot.2021.005
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