A description of Mallomonas marsupialis nov. sp. (Synurophyceae), a new chrysophyte from Australia, with comments on the endemicity of Australian freshwater algae |
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| Authors: | Roger Croome,Jø rgen Kristiansen,Peter A. Tyler |
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| Affiliation: | School of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University, P.O. Box 821, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia 3689;Department of Phycology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2 D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark;School of Aquatic Science and Natural Resources Management, Deakin University, P.O. Box 423, Warmambool, Victoria, Australia 3280 |
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| Abstract: | Mallomonas marsupialis is described and illustrated by TEM and SEM micrographs, being found in Australia on sub-tropical Fraser Island and in cool-temperate Tasmania. Its taxonomic location within the genus Mallomonas (sect. Mallomonopsis, ser. Marsupiales) is discussed, together with its inclusion in a suite of unusual endemic algae which have been described from Australian sites largely protected from human interference. |
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