J Syst Evol ›› 1999, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 526-528.

• Research Articles • Previous Articles    

Five newly-recorded species in the genus Nitzschia from China

GUO Jian, LIU Shi-Cheng, LIN Jia-Han   

  • Published:1999-09-10

Abstract: When nanodiatoms ( < 20 µm) in the sonthern coastal waters of China were studied using tansmission electron microscopy (TEM), five species in the genus Nitzschia wereidentified new to China. They were N. agnita Hustedt, N. aurariae Cholnoky, N. lacuum H. Lange-Bertalot, N. perspicua Cholnoky and N. pubens Cholnoky.

Key words: Nanodiatom, Nitzschia Hassall, New record, China