Mayamaea cavernicola B.Van de Vijver & E.J.Cox 2013
Publication Details
Mayamaea cavernicola B.Van de Vijver & E.J.Cox 2013: 40, figs 21-40
Published in: Van de Vijver, B. & E.J. Cox (2013). New and interesting small-celled naviculoid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from a lava tube cave on Île Amsterdam (TAAF, southern Island Ocean). Cryptogamie, Algologie 34(1): 37-47, 57 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mayamaea is Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Grand Tunnel, Ile Amsterdam, Terres Australes Antarctiques Francaises (TAAF); (Van de Vijver & Cox 2013: 40) Holotype: B. Van de Vijver (TAAF sample AMS-W033); 04/12/2007; bottom of a small, shallow pool, at the end of a small lava cavern, sparsely illuminated and vegetated by mosses, liverworts and small ferns; pH: 5.8; BR; BR-4268 (Van de Vijver & Cox 2013: 40) Notes: Isotypes: slide PLP-212 (University of Antwerp); slide ZU8/58 (BRM).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 17 November 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 14 August 2014
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 July 2024
