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Persistent Identifier
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perma:LIST.QBCSKX |
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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| Microcostatus elisabethianus, a new limnoterrestrial diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from the sub-Antarctic region [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1600
OpenAlex ID: https://openalex.org/W2991202393 |
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Author
| Bart Van de Vijver (Meise Botanic Garden, University of Antwerp) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-1886
Luc Éctor (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-9445 |
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Description
| Background and aims – During a survey of the soil diatom flora of the sub-Antarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, an unknown small-celled naviculoid taxon was discovered living in small cracks in cliffs bordering the ocean. The taxon showed a set of morphological features only found in the genus Microcostatus. However, the unknown taxon could not be identified using the currently available literature. Methods – Using both light microscopical and scanning electron microscopical techniques, the morphology of the unknown Microcostatus taxon was documented. The new taxon is described, illustrated and compared with all other similar Microcostatus taxa worldwide. Key results – Microcostatus elisabethianus possesses a unique combination of morphological features that excludes conspecificity with all other members of the genus. It is characterized by a lanceolate valve outline with protracted, elongate apices, a very large, porous conopeum reaching the valve margins and uniseriate striae composed of only one macroareola and mantle areolae restricted to the valve apices. The morphological features of the genus Microcostatus are evaluated and discussed. Notes on the occurrence and ecology of the new taxon are added. (2019-11-28)
***This entry has been automatically imported via OpenAlex by LIST harvest scripts. Please refer to https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1600 for the original and latest version of the publication*** (2026-07-01) |
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences; Physics |
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Keyword
| Taxon
Diatom
Biology
Genus
Taxonomy (biology)
Navicula
Ecology
Zoology
Paleontology |
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Topic Classification
| Diatoms and Algae Research
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Polar Research and Ecology |
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Deposit Date
| 2019-11-28 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Plant Ecology and Evolution |