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Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-30
Page range: 291–296
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A new species of the genus Mallomonas (Synurales, Chrysophyceae), Mallomonas fimbriata, sp. nov.

Papanin’s Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, 152742 Yaroslavl, Nekouz, Borok.
Mallomonas Synurales Chrysophyceae Mallomonas fimbriata sp. nov. new species

Abstract

Mallomonas fimbriata, sp. nov. is described from bog pool, located in Cam Ranh Peninsula, Khanh Hoa Province, Central Vietnam. The description is based on silica-scale morphology studied by means of transmission and scanning electron microscopy. New species has 3 types of scales: oval body scales, caudal ones with robust, long, forward pointing spines and elongated, widened to distal part apical scales. Scales are thick, 3-layered, with inner reticulation. Mallomonas fimbriata and the similar M. fenestrata form a special group with unique features of scales structure close to the sections Retrorsae and Quadratae.