Mayamaea atomus

Taxon ID: 50
Author: Kützing 1844   
Basionym: Amphora atomus
Synonym:

 

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Observations

Observations: Sarah Spaulding and Rhea Esposito
Length: 6.5-10 µm
Width: 1.5-5.5 µm
Striae: 18-20 in 10 µm

Description:

Valve linear-elliptical to elliptical with rounded ends. Axial area distinct, slightly widening towards the central portion of the valve.  Central area very small or indistinct.  Raphe straight, slightly thickened at the center of the valve.  Striae radiate throughout; more widely spaced near the center of the valve.

Morphology: Naviculoid
Distribution: Widespread

Autecology:

 

Notes:

Our specimens were smaller than those described by Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986), but we still consider them to be of the same species.

 

McMurdo Dry Valleys Waterbodies with Mayamaea atomus

  • Adams Stream
  • Aiken Creek
  • Blue Lake
  • Bohner Stream
  • Bowles Creek
  • Canada Glacier
  • Canada Stream
  • Commonwealth Glacier
  • Commonwealth Stream
  • Crescent Stream
  • Delta Stream
  • Garwood Stream
  • Green Creek
  • Harnish Creek
  • Harnish Creek Tributary
  • Lake Fryxell
  • Lawson Creek
  • Little Sharpe
  • Lost Seal Stream
  • Lyons Tributary (Mason?)
  • Many Glaciers Pond
  • McKay Creek
  • McMurdo Hut Ridge
  • Miers Stream
  • Onyx River
  • Parera Pond
  • Picture Pond
  • Pond by Blue Lake
  • Pond South of Nussbaum Riegel
  • Priscu Stream
  • Spaulding Pond
  • Taylor Glacier
  • Von Guerard Stream
  • Wales Stream
  • Wharton Creek
  • Wormherder Creek

Original Type Description

Author: Kützing 1844
Length:
Width:
Striae:

Original Description:

 

New combination

Author: Lange-Bertalot, H. 1997

 

Citations

Index Nominum Algarum (INA):

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  • New Combination
  • If an INA link is available, it will be shown above
  • The INA is a bibliographic reference "card file" for algal taxonomy, containing nearly 200,000 names of algae (in the broad sense).

Publications (by year):

  • Kützing 1844. Bacillarien: 93, pl. 3: fig. 32. [citation 78(59)]
  • Patrick and Reimer 1966. p. 488, pl. 46, fig. 16. [citation 93(73)]
  • Krammer and Lange-Bertalot 1986. pg. 216, figs 10, 74. [citation 74(50)]
  • Lange-Bertalot 1997. Arch. Protistenk. 148: 72. [citation 81(64)]

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