Valve morphology of three species of Neidiomorpha (Bacillariophyceae) from Zoigê Wetland, China, including description of Neidiomorpha sichuaniana nov. sp.

QI LIU; J. P. KOCIOLEK; QUANXI WANG; CHENGXIN FU

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.166.2.3

Issue: Vol. 166 No. 2: 23 April 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-04-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.2.3

Page range: 123–131

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**Valve morphology of three species of Neidiomorpha (Bacillariophyceae) from Zoigê Wetland, China, including description of Neidiomorpha sichuaniana nov. sp.**

QI LIU⁺⁻
J. P. KOCIOLEK⁺⁻
QUANXI WANG⁺⁻
CHENGXIN FU⁺⁻

College of Life science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, UCB 218, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China

College of Life science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

China Sichuan Province Neidiomorpha Neidium new species scanning electron microscopy

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Abstract

A new diatom species, Neidiomorpha sichuaniana sp. nov., is described from Zoigê Wetland, China. The morphology of N. sichuaniana is documented by light and scanning electron microscope and discussed in detail, including a comparison with the two other species in the genus Neidiomorpha also found in Zoigê. Neidiomorpha sichuaniana has a smaller central area and smaller central constriction than N. binodiformis and less apiculate ends than N. binodis. We comment on the systematic position of Neidiomorpha based on the morphology of these three species.