Open AccessFreshwater sediment diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) newly recorded from Sirajganj, Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Khurshid Nahar,
Abdul Aziz,
Moniruzzaman Khondker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2079-9926
pISSN - 0253-5416
DOI - 10.3329/bjb.v44i3.38549
Subject(s) - navicula , diatom , nitzschia , biology , botany , sediment , taxon , ecology , phytoplankton , paleontology , nutrient
A total of 11 diatom taxa have been newly recorded and illustrated from the sediments of Joysagar and Sitlai Beel in the district of Sirajganj, Bangladesh. These are Frustulia rhomboides (Ehr.) de Toni, Diploneis smithii (de Breb.) Cl., Stauroneis pygmaea Krieger, S. schroederi Hust., Navicula bicontracta Oestrup, N. gottlandica Grun., N. neoventricosa Hust., Caloneis ventricosa (Ehr.) Meister var. minuta (Grun.) Mills, Pinnularia acuminata W. Smith, P. acrosphaeria de Breb. and Nitzschia tryblionella Hantzsch var. subsalina Grun. (syn. Nitzschia tryblionella Hantzsch var. debilis (Arnott) A. Meyer).