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PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF LEPOCINCLIS FUSCA COMB. NOV. (= EUGLENA FUSCA ) (EUGLENACEAE): MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR JUSTIFICATION 1
Author(s) -
Kosmala Sylwia,
Karnkowska Anna,
Milanowski Rafał,
Kwiatowski Jan,
Zakryś Bożena
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00141.x
Subject(s) - biology , botany , euglena , phylogenetic tree , taxon , molecular phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , zoology , genetics , gene , chloroplast
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 Zakryś 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.