Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero et Wulff

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 : 92

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2021-0066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11094451
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scientific name	Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero et Wulff
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Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero et Wulff ( Figures 54, 55 View Figures 39–59 )

Literature: (Al-Handal et al. 2008, p. 271, figs. 2–15, 18–22). Description: Length 10–12 µm, width 6–8 µm, striae (raphe valve) 13–15 in 10 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A marine Antarctic epiphytic and benthic species. It was originally described from Potter Cove (Al-Handal et al. 2008b) but has also been recently reported from the Ross Sea ( Majewska and De Stefano 2015).