Free-living heterotrophic euglenids from marine sediments of the Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia
In: Marine Biology Research. Taylor & Francis: Oslo; Basingstoke. ISSN 1745-1000; e-ISSN 1745-1019, more
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Keywords |
Analytical techniques > Microscopy Deep sea Nutritional types > Heterotrophy Sediments Taxa > New taxa Taxa > Species > Endemic species Euglenida [WoRMS]; Notosolenus A.Stokes, 1884 [WoRMS]; Notosolenus caudatus; [WoRMS] ISW, Australia, South Australia [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Author keywords |
deep-sea sediments; endemic; Euglenozoa; heterotrophic flagellates;Notosolenus caudatus; Protista |
Abstract |
Twenty-three species and forms from six genera of heterotrophic euglenids (Euglenozoa, Protista) encountered in marine sediments from various stations in the Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia are described with uninterpreted records based on light microscopy. The records include accounts of one new taxon (Notosolenus caudatus sp. nov.) and of five unidentified taxa. The majority of species described here have also been found at other locations worldwide. I am unable to assess if the new and unidentified species are endemic and if the euglenid flagellate community from the Gippsland Basin is distinctive because of the lack of intensive studies elsewhere. |
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