Fottea 2024, 24(1):85-98 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2023.012

Taxonomic and ecological characterization of three symmetric biraphid diatom species from streams in Cyprus

Marco Cantonati1*, Nicola Angeli2, Olena Bilous3, 4, Ionel Ciugulea5, Horst Lange-Bertalot6, Athina Papatheodoulou7, Abdullah A. Saber8
1 BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences-BiGeA, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy; *Corresponding author e-mail: marco.cantonati@unibo.it
2 Research & Collections (Limnology & Phycology), MUSE-Museo delle Scienze, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38123 Trento, Italy
3 Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33/DG, 1180 Vienna, Austria
4 Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, Geroiv Stalingrada 12, 04210 Kyiv, Ukraine
5 Algae Consulting Inc., Texas, USA
6 Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Biologicum, Max-von-Laue Straβe 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
7 I.A.CO Environmental & Water Consultants, Nicosia, Cyprus
8 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia Square, Cairo 11566, Egypt

Environmental factors and diatoms were studied in 151 stations in Cypriot streams. Since Navicula simplex Krasske [new combination: Craticula simplex (Krasske) Levkov] is based on the small-scale drawing of a single valve and the type material is no longer available, we provide additional ecological, morphological, and ultrastructural data, and an epitype for C. simplex, which is distinguished by valve outline and stria density, and occurs in small, nutrient-enriched streams. Two other symmetric biraphid species are proposed as new to science based on light and scanning electron microscopy, careful comparison with similar established taxa, and on the analysis of our multi-annual databases. Mastogloia cyprica Lange-Bert. et Cantonati sp. nov. differs from similar species by raphe undulation, stria density, and rare occurrence in oligo- to slightly-eutrophic streamlets and lakes with medium-high conductivity. Navicula loumatensis Lange-Bert. et Cantonati sp. nov. is characterized by the combination of valve outline, central area, and by a high areola density, and occurs in medium-high conductivity, low-N but P-enriched streams. In-depth knowledge of Mediterranean stream diatoms is of pivotal importance in these critical decades of climate change.

Keywords: Diatoms, streams, Cyprus, Craticula, Mastogloia, Navicula, new species, taxonomy, biogeography

Received: January 5, 2023; Revised: May 15, 2023; Accepted: June 1, 2023; Prepublished online: March 12, 2024; Published: March 27, 2024  Show citation

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Cantonati, M., Angeli, N., Bilous, O., Ciugulea, I., Lange-Bertalot, H., Papatheodoulou, A., & Saber, A.A. (2024). Taxonomic and ecological characterization of three symmetric biraphid diatom species from streams in Cyprus. Fottea, 24(1), 85-98. doi: 10.5507/fot.2023.012
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