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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

LUTICOLA DENISEAE SP. NOV. A NEW EPIZOIC DIATOM FROM THE RIO NEGRO (AMAZON HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN)

Author(s):
Wetzel, C. E. [1] ; Van de Vijver, B. [2] ; Ector, L. [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Bot, Secao Ecol, Postgrad Program Biodiversidade Vegetal & Meio Am, BR-04301012 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Natl Bot Garden Belgium, Dept Bryophyta & Thallophyta, B-1860 Meise - Belgium
[3] Publ Res Ctr Gabriel Lippmann, Dept Environm & Agrobiotechnol EVA, L-4422 Belvaux, Grand Duchy Lux - Luxembourg
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: VIE ET MILIEU-LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT; v. 60, n. 3, p. 177-184, SEP 2010.
Web of Science Citations: 16
Abstract

Luticola deniseae sp. nov. is described from the Rio Negro basin (Amazon, Brazil), where it was found in abundance living, epizoically on the carapaces of the freshwater turtle Podocnemis erythrocephala. The detailed morphology of this epizoic diatom is examined using both light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and compared to similar Luticola species. The main morphological features of L. deniseae include the presence of thickened valve apices, a transapically elongated stigma and a rather low number of areolae per stria (3-5). (AU)