Taxonomic Characterization of Two New Diatoms Podosphenia bangladeshika sp. nov. and Synedra ulna var. cladophorae var. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from Bangladesh Water

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  • M A H Bhuiyan Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • A Kowser Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • S A M S Islam Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Division, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), AERE, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka-1349, Bangladesh
  • M Khondker Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v10i1.74599

Keywords:

Diatom, Podosphenia bangladeshika sp. nov, Synedra ulna var. cladophorae var. nov., Phytoplankton, Hail Haor

Abstract

The algal class Bacillariophyceae (diatom) of Bangladesh is represented by nearly 291 species with almost no recent reporting of new species and/or variety. This research paper describes one new species of marine diatom Podosphenia and a variety of freshwater diatom Synedra species. The former was collected from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and the latter was from Hail Haor, Srimangal, Moulvi Bazar, Bangladesh. The marine species is from genus Podosphenia Ehr. The species novo has been proposed as Podosphenia bangladeshika. A freshwater periphytic diatom from the Hail Haor wetland, Srimangal, Moulvi Bazar was initially identified as Synedra ulna due to the shape of the branched filamentous colony. The shape of the colony was quite different and looked like a twig of a green branched filamentous alga Cladophora. The species is hitherto proposed as a new variety Synedra ulna var. cladophorae.

Biodivers. Conserv. Bioresour. Manag. 2024, 10(1): 75-80

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2024-06-30

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Bhuiyan, M. A. H., Kowser, A., Islam, S. A. M. S., & Khondker, M. (2024). Taxonomic Characterization of Two New Diatoms Podosphenia bangladeshika sp. nov. and Synedra ulna var. cladophorae var. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from Bangladesh Water. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management, 10(1), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v10i1.74599

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