Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Marine Microbiota, Laboratory of Autotrophic Organisms , A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences , ul. Palchevskogo 17 , Vladivostok , 690041 , Russia
Abstract
Abstract
In our collections from the Northwest Pacific waters, we found several specimens of the red algae Lukinia dissecta and Callophyllis perestenkoae with darker spots on their thalli, which contained an unusual pennate diatom. A detailed morphological analysis based on light and scanning electron microscopy observations made it possible to describe a new species of endophytic diatom, Pseudogomphonema lukinicum sp. nov. Stonik et Skriptsova. The new species has some morphological features typical of the genus, such as the heteropolarity of the valves, the presence of pseudosepta and small apical chambers at both poles of the valves, and nonporous girdle bands. Pseudogomphonema lukinicum has been described and distinguished from the other species in the genus on the basis of a combination of morphological traits, including relatively small cell dimensions, a slightly asymmetrical valve to the transapical axis, with obtusely rounded headpole and narrower footpole, the large asymmetrical central area, and the presence of apical chambers at both poles. Pseudogomphonema lukinicum is the second representative of Pseudogomphonema known to be living endophytically. The data on the species composition of endophytic diatoms in marine macroalgae, their habitats, and host organisms reported in the literature to date are summarized.
Funder
Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of the Russian Federation
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