Catalogue of the Fossil and Recent Genera and Species of Diatoms and their Synonyms Part II. Bacteriastrum through Coscinodiscus
Page(s):
494-1086
Publisher:
Verlag von J. Cramer
Publication Place:
Lehre, Germany
ISBN/ISSN:
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Reference for:
Chaetoceros okamurai
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hernández-Becerril, David U.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-03-01 / 1998-03-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Morphological study of the marine planktonic diatom Chaetoceros okamurai (Chaetocerotales, Bacillariophyceae) from the Gulf of Mexico
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Phycological Research, vol. 46, no. 1
Page(s):
11-15
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1440-1835
Notes:
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1998.tb00091.x
Reference for:
Chaetoceros okamurai
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ikari, Jiro
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1928-05-01 / 1928-05-01
Article/Chapter Title:
On some Chaetoceras of Japan. II.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Botanical Magazine, Tokyo, vol. 42, no. 497
Page(s):
247-262
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Chaetoceros okamurai
Chaetoceros okamurai: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Indo-West Pacific
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Chaetoceros okamurai: Comments
Comment:
It may be questionable to be an accepted name. Van Landingham treated it as a synonym of Ch. peruvianus Brightwell. However, Hernández-Becerril (1998) recorded Ch. okamurai from the Gulf of Mexico. But one of the characteristic features he described for this species, 'twisted chains', was not mentioned in the original description by Ikari (1928). In addition, the characteristic of numerous girdle bands or 'costations on the girdle' in some specimens described in the original publication was not observed by Hernández-Becerril. Therefore, Ch. okamurai recorded from the Gulf of Mexico, although distinct enough to be separated from similar taxa in the same region, it remains uncertain whether it is the true Ch. okamurai as originally described by Ikari from Japanese Pacific waters.