PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF LEPOCINCLIS FUSCA COMB. NOV. (=EUGLENA FUSCA) (EUGLENACEAE): MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR JUSTIFICATION

We studied the morphological diversity and analyzed the small subunit rDNA sequences of two taxa formerly known as Euglena spirogyra Ehr. and Euglena fusca (Klebs) Lemmermann. Our studies confirmed that the two should have the rank of a species, namely Lepocinclis spirogyroides (Ehr.) Marin et Melko...

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Published inJournal of phycology Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 1258 - 1267
Main Authors Kosmala, Sylwia, Karnkowska, Anna, Milanowski, Rafał, Kwiatowski, Jan, Zakryś, Bożena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.12.2005
Subjects
Euglena
Euglena fusca
Euglena spirogyra
Euglenaceae
Euglenida
Euglenophyceae
Euglenophyta
Freshwater
Lepocinclis
Lepocinclis fusca
Lepocinclis spirogyroides
molecular phylogeny
morphology
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Summary:We studied the morphological diversity and analyzed the small subunit rDNA sequences of two taxa formerly known as Euglena spirogyra Ehr. and Euglena fusca (Klebs) Lemmermann. Our studies confirmed that the two should have the rank of a species, namely Lepocinclis spirogyroides (Ehr.) Marin et Melkonian and Lepocinclis fusca (Klebs) Kosmala et Zakrys comb. nov. (Euglenophyceae). We are defining new diagnostic features for these species, namely the size and the shape of the cells and the shape of the papillae, as well as designating epitypes for them.
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ArticleID:JPY141
1Received 23 February 2005. Accepted 29 August 2005.
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ISSN:0022-3646
1529-8817
DOI:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00141.x