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International Journal on Algae

ISSN for PRINT: 1521-9429

Institutional price:	$905.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2006, Volume8

105 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v8.i2

Issue price - $233.00

Morphology of new freshwater species of the genus Actinocyclus Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) from the Upper Miocene sediments of Lake Baikal, Siberia

G. K. Khursevich
Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 7, Kuprevich St., Minsk 220141 Republic of Belarus

S. A. Fedenya
Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 7, Kuprevich St., Minsk 220141 Republic of Belarus

ABSTRACT

Four new species of the genus Actinocyclus Ehrenberg, studied in light (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), are described from the Upper Miocene sediments of the BDP-98 drill core, Lake Baikal. They are distinguished by the different structure of rimoportulae, different forms of spines, and the density of their placement on the valve face/mantle junction. The morphological peculiarities of known fossil freshwater species of Actinocyclus krasskei are marked.