Adlafia diahotensis Le Cohu, Marquié & Tudesque, 2020

Cohu, René Le, Marquié, Julien & Tudesque, Loïc, 2020, Adlafia diahotensis, sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new species from New Caledonia, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (1), pp. 1-6 : 2

Adlafia diahotensis Le Cohu, Marquié & Tudesque , sp. nov. (LM, Fig. 1 A-T; SEM, Figs 1 U-W, 2)

HOLOTYPE. — PC0576263, National Museum of Natural History , Paris, France.

ISOTYPE. — BR-4540, National Botanical Garden of Belgium , Meise, Belgium.

TYPE LOCALITY. — River Diahot upstream of Paimbous village. Longitude: 164.566917, latitude: -20.527133.

ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to the river where the species was sampled.

DESCRIPTION

Figures

FIG. 1.— Adlafia diahotensis Le Cohu, Marquié & Tudesque, sp. nov.: A-T, LM. Range in valve outline and size;U-W, SEM;U, external view showing the occluded areolae; V, external view showing the strong discontinuity (Voigh fault) in stria direction (arrow); W, half valve showing striae running continuously from the valve face to the mantle. Scale bars: A-Q, 10 µm; R-V, 5 µm; W, 1 µm.