Epilithic diatom assemblages and two new species Achnanthidium ovatum and Gomphonema yakuensis from Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Toshiharu Watanabe; Akihiro Tuji; Kazumi Asai

doi:10.11464/diatom1985.24.0_30

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Online ISSN : 2186-8565
Print ISSN : 0911-9310
ISSN-L : 0911-9310

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Epilithic diatom assemblages and two new species Achnanthidium ovatum and Gomphonema yakuensis from Yaku-shima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Toshiharu Watanabe, Akihiro Tuji, Kazumi Asai

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Keywords: Achnanthidium ovatum sp. nov, epilithic diatoms, Gomphonema yakuensis sp. nov, Yaku-shima Island

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2008 Volume 24 Pages 30-41

DOI https://doi.org/10.11464/diatom1985.24.0_30

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Samples of epilithic diatom assemblages were collected from rivers, springs and a pond in Yaku-shima Island. The flora of Yaku-shima is described using these samples. Two new species, Achnanthidium ovatum and Gomphonema yakuensis, from River Anbou are described herein.

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