Affiliation:
1. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The diatom Thalassiosira tealata Takano, 1980 was identified using a scanning electron microscope, as a result of the study of phytoplankton in coastal waters of the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan, and first noted in the seas of Russia. The T. tealata strain and the nucleotide sequence of the 18S rDNA gene used for molecular genetic analysis were obtained. A detailed description of the species is provided, supplemented by microphotographs and data on its distribution.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences