Fottea 10(1): 93-98, 2010 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2010.004

Silica-scaled Chrysophyceae and Synurophyceae from Nigeria III. Chrysophytes from rivers of Edo State.

Daniel E. Wujek1, Medina O. Kadiri2, Ryan M. Dziedzic1
1 Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
2 Department of Botany, University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria

A total of 18 species of silica-scaled chrysophytes (Chrysophyceae: one species each in Chrysosphaerella, Spiniferomonas, and Paraphysomonas; Synurophyceae: 11 Mallomonas spp. and four Synura spp.) was recorded from river samples collected in Edo State, Benin, Nigeria, from both dry and rainy seasons in 2003. Identifications were based on transmission electron microscopy. Five are new records for Nigeria, including four being newly reported for Africa. Two further species could not be identified.

Keywords: Africa, Chrysophyceae, silica-scaled chrysophytes, Synurophyceae

Received: May 13, 2009; Accepted: September 5, 2009; Published: March 1, 2010Show citation

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Wujek, D.E., Kadiri, M.O., & Dziedzic, R.M. (2010). Silica-scaled Chrysophyceae and Synurophyceae from Nigeria III. Chrysophytes from rivers of Edo State. Fottea, 10(1), 93-98. doi: 10.5507/fot.2010.004
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