Nupela potapovae sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a lentic alpine species from North America
Bahls LL. 2011. Nupela potapovae sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a lentic alpine species from North America. Journal of the International Society for Diatom Research. 26(2):1-8
Nupela potapovae sp. nov., a distinctive new species from ponds and small lakes in the Rocky Mountains of western North America, is described and compared with similar species. In the central area under light microscopy, the new species displays four refractive spots that correspond to shallow internal depressions adjacent to the proximal raphe endings. Nupela potapovae shares this feature with N. rhetica (Wuthrich) Lange-Bertalot, a lentic alpine species from Switzerland.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bahls, Loren
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Aquatic Science Streams Lakes Nupela Alpine Diatoms Rocky Mountains Algae North America Glacier National Park Montana