Pinnularia quadratarea (A. Schmidt) Cleve, 1895

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Torstensson, Anders & Wulff, Angela, 2022, Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms, Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) 65 (2), pp. 81-103 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2021-0066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11094479
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scientific name	Pinnularia quadratarea (A. Schmidt) Cleve
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Pinnularia quadratarea (A. Schmidt) Cleve ( Figure 78 View Figures 60–78 ) Literature: (Snoeijs and Vilbaste 1994, p. 94, fig. 182; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 335, pl. 155, figs. 17–21).

Description: Length 44–95 µm, width 10–13 µm, striae 8–10 in 10 µm.

Remarks: In our previous records of 2003, this species was less common in Potter Cove but in the present study it appeared in high numbers with larger valve size.

Ecology and distribution: Widely distributed marine species in temperate and polar regions (Cardinal et al. 1984; Hsiao 1980). Common in Potter Cove.