Toward a multigene phylogeny of the Cymatosiraceae (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae) II: morphological and molecular insights into the taxonomy of the forgotten species Campylosira africana and of Extubocellulus, with a description of two new taxa.

Abstract:

:New molecular and morphological insights are presented on Campylosira africana and two new species, Extubocellulus cupola sp. nov. and Plagiogrammopsis castigatus sp. nov. Species descriptions were based on LM/SEM micrographs and a data set with concatenated sequences of SSU, rbcL and psbC loci constructed from 56 cymatosiroid strains isolated from global geographic locations. Extubocellulus cupola is distinguished by a mesh-like marginal ridge and dome-shaped areolation, and P. castigatus, by a prominent marginal extension at the valve center. Campylosira africana, a species from South Africa described by Professor Malcolm Giffen, has never been documented through LM or SEM, which led some authors to place it in synonymy under Campylosira cymbelliformis. We confirm that C. africana is a distinct species and provide microphotographic documentation and DNA sequences. We present morphological evidence for the well-known cymatosiroid species Extubocellulus spinifer possessing complete pili, and we emend the generic description of Extubocellulus.

journal_name

J Phycol

journal_title

Journal of phycology

authors

Dąbek P,Ashworth MP,Górecka E,Krzywda M,Bornman TG,Sato S,Witkowski A

doi

10.1111/jpy.12831

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-04-01 00:00:00

pages

425-441

issue

2

eissn

0022-3646

issn

1529-8817

journal_volume

55

pub_type

杂志文章