Fottea 2016, 16(1):79-102 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2015.023

The genus Nitzschia on the South Shetland Islands and James Ross Island

Sarah Hamsher1, Kateřina Kopalová2,3, J. Patrick Kociolek1, Ralitsa Zidarova4, Bart Van De Vijver5,6*
1 Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA
2 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Prague 2, Czech Republic
3 Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Centre for Phycology, Dukelská 135, 379 82, Třeboň, Czech Republic
4 St. "Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
5 Botanic Garden Meise, Department of Bryophyta & Thallophyta, Nieuwelaan 38, B-1860 Belgium; *Corresponding author e-mail: bart.vandevijver@plantentuinmeise.be
6 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology-ECOBE, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

The purpose of this study was to present LM and SEM observations of Nitzschia taxa encountered on the South Shetland Islands and James Ross Island. During the ongoing taxonomical revision of the freshwater and limno-terrestrial diatom flora on the South Shetland Islands and James Ross Island (Maritime Antarctic Region) eight unknown taxa belonging to the genus Nitzschia were found. These taxa were previously force-fitted into European names such as N. commutata or N. perminuta, but detailed light and scanning electron microscopical observations allowed their separation from the already known taxa and resulted in the description of eight new species. The paper discusses all twelve Nitzschia taxa found in the Maritime Antarctic Region. New taxa are compared to the morphologically most similar taxa and their ecology and biogeography are discussed. Although the genus Nitzschia is present worldwide, a large number of Nitzschia taxa have a restricted distribution within the Antarctic Region, showing a clear bioregionalism.

Keywords: Nitzschia, Bacillariophyta, Maritime Antarctic Region, new species, taxonomy

Received: April 28, 2015; Accepted: September 7, 2015; Prepublished online: March 21, 2016; Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation

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Hamsher, S., Kopalová, K., Patrick Kociolek, J., Zidarova, R., & Van De Vijver, B. (2016). The genus Nitzschia on the South Shetland Islands and James Ross Island. Fottea, 16(1), 79-102. doi: 10.5507/fot.2015.023
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