Naslov
A new diatom species from Lake Crveno jezero, Croatia (Gomphosphenia plenkoviciae sp. nov.)

Autori
Antonija Kulaš, Marija Gligora Udovič, Petar Žutinić, Ivna Kavre Piltaver, Roman Ozimec, Slavica Tofilovska, Mirela Šušnjara & Zlatko Levkov

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts. 3rd Symposium of Freshwater Biology. SOBS 2019. / Ivković, Marija ; Stanković, Igor ; Matoničkin Kepčija, Renata ; Gračan, Romana - Zagreb : Hrvatsko udruženje slatkovodnih ekologa (HUSEk), 2019, 17-17

Skup
10. simpozij o biologiji slatkih voda (SOBS2019)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 15.02.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Gomphosphenia, diatom, new species, Crveno jezero (Red lake).

Sažetak
The genus Gomphosphenia Lange-Bertalot was separated from Gomphonema Ehrenberg and when established, it was considered a species limited genus with 17 taxa including species and varieties. None of the species from the genus Gomphosphenia have yet been recorded in Croatia and for the first time was observed in lake Crveno jezero (Red lake). The lake is one of the largest karstic sinkhole lake in Europe, situated in the town Imotski in Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Hercegovina. Diatom flora of this lake was unknown due to difficulties in collecting samples. Sampling of phytobenthos was conducted as part of systematical natural sciences research organized during the International speleodiving expedition “Crveno jezero 2017”. Observations revealed the existence of a new species, Gomphosphenia plenkoviciae Gligora Udovič & Žutinić sp. nov. Gomphosphenia plenkoviciae possesses typical morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of genus Gomphosphenia. It is characterized by having narrowly clavate to linear valves, which are slightly heteropolar in larger specimens to clavate in smaller specimens, thus differing from the closest taxon by the valve outline and shape of the central area.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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