“Rediscovery” of Encyonema ratpanati sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Cymbellaceae) in Victoria Falls, Namibia

  1. Adrián Llamazares 1
  2. Eloy Bécares 1
  3. Saúl Blanco 1
  1. 1 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02tzt0b78

Revista:
Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

ISSN: 2659-2703

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 115

Páginas: 51-55

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

An Encyonema population collected in the Zambeze River near the Victoria Falls, Namibia, is here described and illustrated in detail with the aid of LM and SEM microscopy. This taxon had already been presented in the literature under the name E. volkii, the reasons leading to treat this species as a new, independent taxon are here discussed. Encyonema ratpanati sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from E. volkii by its more linear outline (length-to-width ratio up to 4.3 vs. up to 3.5 in E. volkii), its lower degree of dorsiventrality, lack of rostrate apices throughout the whole diminution series, wider axial area and denser areolation (>26 lineolae per 10 μm and not 20–22 as in E. volkii).

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