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Published: 2016-11-08
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Morphology and distribution of Brevilinea kevei sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom from Europe

MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, 1113 Budapest, Karolina út 29, Hungary
Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
DWS Hydro-Ökologie GmbH, Zentagasse 47, 1050 Wien, Austria
MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, 1113 Budapest, Karolina út 29, Hungary University of Debrecen, Department of Hydrobiology, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Hungary
MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, 1113 Budapest, Karolina út 29, Hungary
Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Brevilinea taxonomy ecology distribution Fallacia indifferens Algae

Abstract

An unknown small naviculoid diatom was found in the epiphyton samples from Hungary (in Kanyari Holt-Tisza oxbow) and in the epilithon samples from France (Canal de Berry at Épineuil-le-Fleuriel). Detailed observations using light and scanning electron microscopy were used to describe Brevilinea kevei Ács & Ector sp. nov. It can be separated from Brevilinea pocosinensis Siver et al. (which was the only described species in the genus) by its size (smaller than B. pocosinensis), shape (elliptic valve, never capitate) and ecological requirements. Brevilinea pocosinensis lives in acidic conditions while B. kevei in neutral ones. Differential diagnostic criteria with respect to similar taxa, especially Fallacia indifferens (Hustedt) D.G. Mann, together with ecological implications of this finding are briefly discussed.