Dinobryon ningwuensis X. JIANG, J. FENG & S. XIE., 2018

Jiang, Xiao-Die, Nan, Fang-Ru, Lv, Jun-Ping, Liu, Qi, Xie, Shu-Lian, Kociolek, John Patrick & Feng, Jia, 2018, Dinobryon ningwuensis (Chrysophyta, Dinobryaceae), a new freshwater species described from Shanxi province, China, Phytotaxa 374 (3), pp. 221-230 : 223

Dinobryon ningwuensis X. JIANG, J. FENG & S. XIE. sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 )

Etymology: —The species epithet refers to the Holotype locality (Pipahai Lake, Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, China).

Diagnosis: —The colonies narrow and short. Cells with two heterokont flagella, surrounded by a lorica. Lorica cylindric, wide and short, 23–36 μm long, 8–12 μm wide. The base of the lorica first widens and then becomes constricted, the pointed part of the lorica forming an oblique cone. The upper opening of the lorica expanded slightly, cylindrical in the upper part of the middle section.

Type: — CHINA, Shanxi province, Pipahai Lake (38°51’40”N, 112°13’7”E), phytoplankton, collected by Lin Yang, 21 September 2017 (Holotype: SXU-NW201710; Paratype: NW201710). Deposited in Herbarium of Shanxi University ( SXU), Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China .

Authentic strain:— SXU-NW201710.

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FIGURE 2. Habitat and morphological structures of D. ningwuensis. Scale bar 20 μm (b), 10 μm (c-d). a. Specimens collected in freshwater in the Lake Pipahai, Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, China; b-d. Vegetative structure of D. ningwuensis, with the lorica presented as d.