Observations on Some Species of Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) with Reduced Number of Setae from a Tropical Coastal Lagoon |
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Authors: | Aké-Castillo,José Antolí n,Guerra-Martí nez,Sandra Luz,Zamudio-Reséndiz,Marí a Eugenia |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ecologí;a Vegetal, Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Km. 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, 91070, Mexico |
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Abstract: | Species of Chaetoceros with less than four setae per cell are not common. In this study, five different taxa presenting this characteristic were found in the Sontecomapan lagoon, Mexico, a small tropical coastal lagoon on the Gulf of Mexico:Chaetoceros minimus, C. subtilis var. abnormis f. abnormis, C. subtilis var. abnormis f. simplex, C. throndsenii var. throndsenia, and C. thondsenii var. trisetosa. Using an electron microscope to make observations of C. subtilis var. abnormis f. simplex made evident the absence of rimoportulae suggesting a close relationship to C. minimus. According to our observations, we believe that the reduction in the number of setae in Chaetoceros is related to solitary forms. The five species studied here are associated with quiet brackish-water enclosed environments and can be considered worldwide-distributed organisms. |
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Keywords: | diatoms Chaetoceros setae Mexico biogeography coastal lagoon |
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