First Account of Epibiotic Diatom Taxa from the Carapaces of Green Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson 1859) (Decapoda, Portunidae)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Division Bacillariophyta Silva |
Subdivision Bacillariophytina Medlin & Kaczmarska |
Class Coscinodiscophyceae Round et Crawford in Round et al. emend. Medlin & Kaczmarska |
Order Coscinodiscales Round & Crawford in Round et al. |
Family Heliopeltaceae Smith |
Genus Actinoptychus Ehrenberg |
Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg (Figure 3E,F; SG) |
Order Melosirales Crawford in Round et al. |
Family Melosiraceae Kützing emend. Crawford in Round et al. |
Genus Melosira Agardh |
Melosira distans var. lyrata (Ehrenberg) Müller (Figure 3G) |
Melosira nummuloides Agardh (Figure 3J) |
Melosira westii var. quadrata Jurilj * (Figure 3H,I) |
Order Paraliales Crawford |
Family Paraliaceae Crawford |
Genus Paralia Heiberg |
Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve (Figure 3K,L; SG) |
Class Mediophyceae (Jousé & Proshkina-Lavrenko) Medlin & Kaczmarska |
Order Biddulphiales Krieger |
Family Biddulphiaceae Kützing |
Genus Biddulphia Gray |
Biddulphia californica (Schmidt) Wolle * (Figure 3A,B; SG) |
Order Anaulales Round & Crawford |
Family Anaulaceae (Schütt) Lemmermann |
Genus Eunotogramma Weisse |
Eunotogramma litorale Amspoker (Figure 4U,V; SG) |
Order Eupodiscales Nikolaev & Harwood |
Family Odontellaceae Sims, Williams & Ashworth |
Genus Odontella Agardh |
Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) Agardh (Figure 3D; SG) |
Class Bacillariophyceae Haeckel emend. Medlin & Kaczmarska |
Order Achnanthales Silva |
Family Achnanthaceae Kützing |
Genus Achnanthes Bory |
Achnanthes brevipes var. angustata (Greville) Cleve (Figure 5E–P) |
Achnanthes yaquinensis McIntire & Reimer (Figure 5A–D) |
Family: Achnanthidiaceae D.G. Mann |
Genus: Karayevia Round & Bukhtiyarova ex Round |
Karayevia cf. amoena (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova (Figure 5Z) |
Genus Planothidium Round & Bukhtiyarova |
Planothidium hauckianum (Grunow) Bukhtiyarova (Figure 5T–Y) |
Planothidium delicatulum (Kützing) Round & Bukhtiyarova var.? (Figure 5Q–S) |
Family Cocconeidaceae Kützing |
Genus Cocconeis Ehrenberg |
Cocconeis cf. pseudolineata (Geitler) Lange-Bertalot (Figure 6P,Q) |
Cocconeis cf. euglypta Ehrenberg (Figure 6G–K) |
Cocconeis pseudodiruptoides Foged (Figure 6R,S) |
Cocconeis pseudomarginata Gregory (Figure 6L,O) |
Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg (Figure 6A–F) |
Order Bacillariales Hendey emend. Mann in Round et al. |
Family Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg |
Genus Homoeocladia Agardh, nom. rejic. |
Homoeocladia distans (Gregory) Kuntze (Figure 17D,E) |
Genus Nitzschia Hassall |
Nitzschia carnicobarica Desikachary & Prema (Figure 17O–R) |
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow (Figure 17T–W) |
Nitzschia fusoides Ehrlich (Figure 4Y,Z) |
Nitzschia ligowskii Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot, Kociolek & Brzezinska * (Figure 17M,N) |
Nitzschia persuadens Cholnoky (Figure 17K,L) |
Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow (Figure 17Y,Z) |
Nitzschia scalpelliformis Grunow (Figure 17S) |
Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) Smith (Figure 17B,C) |
Nitzschia subconstricta Desikachary & Prema (Figure 17I,J) |
Nitzschia vidovichii (Grunow) Grunow (Figure 17A) |
Genus Psammodictyon Mann |
Psammodictyon constrictum (Gregory) Mann (Figure 16D,E) |
Psammodictyon panduriforme (Gregory) Mann (Figure 16A–C) |
Genus Tryblionella Smith |
Tryblionella coarctata (Grunow) Mann (Figure 16F–L) |
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Frenguelli (Figure 16O,P) |
Tryblionella hyalina (Amossé) Ohtsuka (Figure 16M) |
Tryblionella pararostrata (Lange-Bertalot) Clavero & Hernández-Mariné * (Figure 16N) |
Order Cymbellales Mann in Round et al. |
Family Cymbellaceae Greville |
Genus Navicymbula Krammer |
Navicymbula pusilla var. lata Krammer (Figure 14L; SG) |
Family Rhoicospheniaceae Chen & Zhu |
Genus Gomphoseptatum Medlin |
Gomphoseptatum aestuarii (Cleve) Medlin (Figure 17X; SG) |
Order Lyrellales Mann |
Family Lyrellaceae Mann |
Genus Lyrella Karayeva |
Lyrella exsul (Schmidt) Mann (Figure 9A; SG) |
Genus Petroneis Stickle & Mann |
Petroneis besarensis (Giffin) Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Witkowski * (Figure 9D–F) |
Petroneis granulata Mann, nom. illeg. (Figure 9B,C) |
Order Mastogloiales Mann |
Family Mastogloiaceae Mereschkowsky |
Genus Mastogloia Thwaites ex Smith |
Mastogloia acutiuscula var. elliptica Hustedt (Figure 12M,N) |
Mastogloia angulata Lewis (Figure 12A,B) |
Mastogloia apiculata Smith (Figure 12G,H) |
Mastogloia binotata (Grunow) Cleve (Figure 12C,D) |
Mastogloia exigua Lewis (Figure 12E,F) |
Mastogloia gieskesii Cholnoky (Figure 12P) |
Mastogloia braunii Grunow (Figure 12J,O) |
Mastogloia robusta Hustedt (Figure 12K,L) |
Mastogloia pisciculus Cleve (Figure 12I) |
Order Naviculales Bessey emend. Mann in Round et al. |
Family Diploneidaceae Mann in Round et al. |
Genus Diploneis (Ehrenberg) Cleve |
Diploneis coffeiformis (Schmidt) Cleve (Figure 8I) |
Diploneis gruendleri (Schmidt) Cleve (Figure 8A,F) |
Diploneis gravelleana Hagelstein (Figure 8B–E) |
Diploneis incurvata (Gregory) Cleve (Figure 8J) |
Diploneis obliqua (Brun) Hustedt (Figure 8G,H) |
Diploneis smithii (Brébisson) Cleve (Figure 8L–P) |
Diploneis vacillans (Schmidt) Cleve (Figure 8K) |
Family Naviculaceae Kützing emend. Mann in Round et al. |
Genus Navicula Bory |
Navicula abunda Hustedt (Figure 13G) |
Navicula cancellata Donkin (Figure 13A,B) |
Navicula cincta Pantocsek, nom. illeg. (Figure 13F) |
Navicula longa var. irregularis Hustedt (Figure 13C) |
Navicula normaloides Cholnoky (Figure 13E) |
Navicula pennata Schmidt (Figure 13D) |
Navicula platyventris Meister (Figure 13H–K) |
Genus Trachyneis Cleve |
Trachyneis aspera (Ehrenberg) Cleve (Figure 15D,E) |
Trachyneis velata (Schmidt) Cleve (Figure 15B,C) |
Family Naviculaceae Kützing |
Genus Seminavis Mann |
Seminavis robusta Danielidis & Mann (Figure 7D–G; SG) |
Family Plagiotropidaceae Mann |
Genus Plagiotropis Pfitzer nom. illeg. |
Plagiotropis pusilla (Gregory) Kuntze (Figure 15A; SG) |
Family Pleurosigmataceae Mereschkowsky |
Genus Gyrosigma Hassall |
Gyrosigma balticum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst (Figure 11A) |
Gyrosigma eximium (Thwaites) Boyer (Figure 11F–H) |
Gyrosigma peisonis (Grunow) Hustedt (Figure 11D) |
Gyrosigma variistriatum Hagelstein (Figure 11B) |
Genus Pleurosigma Smith nom. et typ. cons |
Pleurosigma diversestriatum Meister (Figure 11E) |
Pleurosigma salinarum (Grunow) Grunow (Figure 11C) |
Family Berkeleyaceae Mann |
Genus Parlibellus Cox |
Parlibellus rhombicula (Hustedt) Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin (Figure 7H; SG) |
Family Brachysiraceae Mann in Round et al. |
Genus Brachysira Kützing |
Brachysira cf. estoniarum Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin |
(Figure 13N,O; SG) |
Family Diadesmidaceae Mann in Round et al. |
Genus Caloneis Cleve |
Caloneis linearis (Cleve) Boyer (Figure 7A–C; SG) |
Family Scoliotropidaceae Mereschkowsky |
Genus Biremis Mann & Cox |
Biremis ridicula (Giffen) Mann (Figure 13L,M; SG) |
Order Rhopalodiales Mann in Round et al. |
Family Rhopalodiaceae (Karsten) Topachevskyj & Oksiyuk |
Genus Rhopalodia Müller |
Rhopalodia acuminata Krammer (Figure 18B) |
Rhopalodia gibberula (Ehrenberg) Müller (Figure 18A) |
Rhopalodia musculus (Kützing) Müller (Figure 18C) |
Order Surirellales Mann in Round et al. |
Family Entomoneidaceae Reimer |
Genus Entomoneis Ehrenberg |
Entomoneis paludosa (Smith) Reimer (Figure 15F,G; SG) |
Family Surirellaceae Kützing |
Genus Campylodiscus Ehrenberg ex Kützing |
Campylodiscus subangularis Cleve & Möller * (Figure 18L–O, S) |
Genus Coronia (Ehrenberg ex Grunow) Ehrenberg |
Coronia ambigua (Greville) Ruck & Guiry (Figure 18D–K; SG) |
Order Thalassiophysales Mann in Round et al. |
Family Catenulaceae Mereschkowsky |
Genus Amphora Ehrenberg ex Kützing |
Amphora cingulata Cleve (Figure 14G) |
Amphora holsaticoides Nagumo & Kobayasi (Figure 14F) |
Amphora marina Smith (Figure 14D,E) |
Amphora proteus var. contigua Cleve (Figure 14C) |
Amphora proteus var. proteus Gregory (Figure 14A,B) |
Genus Halamphora (Cleve) Levkov |
Halamphora acutiuscula (Kützing) Levkov (Figure 14K) |
Halamphora coffeiformis (Agardh) Mereschkowsky (Figure 14I,J) |
Halamphora holsatica (Hustedt) Levkov (Figure 14H) |
Family Sellaphoraceae Mereschkowsky |
Genus Fallacia Stickle & Mann |
Fallacia litoricola (Hustedt) Mann (Figure 10F,G) |
Fallacia nummularia (Greville) Mann (Figure 10A–E) |
Order Fragilariales Silva emend. Round in Round et al. |
Family Staurosiraceae Medlin |
Genus Opephora Petit |
Opephora mutabilis Sabbe & Vyverman, nom. inval. (Figure 4L) |
Opephora pacifica (Grunow) Petit (Figure 4M) |
Genus Staurosirella Wiliams & Round |
Staurosirella martyi (Héribaud) Morales & Manoylov (Figure 4N; SG) |
Order Licmophorales Round in Round et al. |
Family Ulnariaceae Cox |
Genus Tabularia Williams & Round |
Tabularia fasciculata (Agardh) Williams & Round (Figure 4Q–S) |
Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs (Figure 4T) |
Order Rhabdonematales Round & Crawford |
Family Grammatophoraceae Lobban & Ashworth |
Genus Grammatophora Ehrenberg |
Grammatophora oceanica Ehrenberg (Figure 4P; SG) |
Order Plagiogrammales Cox |
Family Plagiogrammaceae De Toni |
Genus Dimeregramma Ralfs |
Dimeregramma maculatum (Cleve) Frenguelli (Figure 4J,K; SG) |
Genus Plagiogramma Greville |
Plagiogramma minus (Gregory) Li, Ashworth & Witkowski (Figure 4A–E) |
Plagiogramma tenuistriatum Cleve (Figure 4F–I) |
Order Rhaphoneidales Round |
Family Rhaphoneidaceae Forti |
Genus Delphineis Ehrenberg |
Delphineis minutissima (Hustedt) Simonsen (Figure 4O; SG) |
Genus Rhaphoneis Ehrenberg |
Rhaphoneis castracanei Grunow (Figure 4W,X; SG) |
Class Bacillariophyceae incertae sedis |
Order Bacillariophyceae ordo incertae sedis |
Family Bacillariophyceae familia incertae sedis |
Genus Ralfsiella Sims, Williams & Ashworth |
Ralfsiella smithii (Ralfs) Sims, Williams & Ashworth (Figure 3C; SG) |
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López-Fuerte, F.O.; Siqueiros Beltrones, D.A.; Hernández, L.; Flores-Ramírez, S. First Account of Epibiotic Diatom Taxa from the Carapaces of Green Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson 1859) (Decapoda, Portunidae). Diversity 2024, 16, 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16050302
López-Fuerte FO, Siqueiros Beltrones DA, Hernández L, Flores-Ramírez S. First Account of Epibiotic Diatom Taxa from the Carapaces of Green Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson 1859) (Decapoda, Portunidae). Diversity. 2024; 16(5):302. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16050302
Chicago/Turabian StyleLópez-Fuerte, Francisco Omar, David Alfaro Siqueiros Beltrones, Luis Hernández, and Sergio Flores-Ramírez. 2024. "First Account of Epibiotic Diatom Taxa from the Carapaces of Green Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson 1859) (Decapoda, Portunidae)" Diversity 16, no. 5: 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16050302
APA StyleLópez-Fuerte, F. O., Siqueiros Beltrones, D. A., Hernández, L., & Flores-Ramírez, S. (2024). First Account of Epibiotic Diatom Taxa from the Carapaces of Green Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson 1859) (Decapoda, Portunidae). Diversity, 16(5), 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16050302