A non-toxigenic but morphologically and phylogenetically distinct new species ofPseudo-nitzschia,P. sabitsp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae)

• Main Authors: Teng, S.T., Lim, P.T., Lim, H.C., Rivera-Vilarelle, M., Quijano-Scheggia, S., Takata, Y., Quilliam, M.A., Wolf, M., Bates, S.S., Leaw, C.P.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19571/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12313

A new species of Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) is described from plankton samples collected from Port Dickson (Malacca Strait, Malaysia) and Manzanillo Bay (Colima, Mexico). The species possesses a distinctive falcate cell valve, from which they form sickle-like colonies in both environmental...