Radiocystis fernandoi, a new planktic cyanoprokaryotic species from tropical freshwater reservoirs

Jiří Komárek 1 & Jaroslava Komárková-Lengerová 2

Affiliations

  1. University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biology, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  2. Academy of the Sciences of Czech Republic, Institute of Hydrobiology, Na sádkách 7, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Radiocystis geminata, the type species of the cyanoprokaryotic planktic genus Radiocystis Skuja 1948, is the only commonly known species of this genus. It occurs in mesotrophic lakes over the world. During our study of planktic samples from tropical lakes from the collection of Prof. C.H. Fernando (Waterloo, Canada), another species with distinctly larger cells and colonies was identified. The type specimens of this species were selected from Brasil (reservoir Joquari, state Sao Paulo). However, this species has also been found in numerous other localities in Brasil, Indonesia and Srí Lanka, and it probably has a pantropical distribution.

Keywords

Radiocystis, Cyanoprokaryotes, new species, taxonomy, ecology, distribution, tropical freshwater reservoirs

How to cite

Komárek J., Komárková-Lengerová J (1993) Radiocystis fernandoi, a new planktic cyanoprokaryotic species from tropical freshwater reservoirs. – Preslia 65: 355–357