Podosira stelligera (Bailey) Mann (1907: 242)

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara, 2018, Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq, Phytotaxa 372 (2), pp. 111-152 : 114

Podosira stelligera (Bailey) Mann (1907: 242) ( Figs 5, 6 )

References: Mann 1907, p. 242; Hendey 1964, p. 90, pl. 22, fig. 6; Hoppenrath et al. 2009, fig. 54.

Features: Diameter 34–56 μm.

Description: Valves circular, rounded areolae arranged in radial striae. Distinct straight rows of dots occur from the center up to the periphery of the valve face forming a stellate appearance.

Ecology and Distribution: A marine benthic species commonly found in the plankton. Previously reported from the Gulf ( Simonsen 1974). Frequent in Basra corals.

Figures

FIGURES 2–10. Marine benthic diatoms in the coral reefs off Basra. Fig. 2. Cyclotella striata, Fig. 3. Cyclotella stylorum, Fig. 4. Tryblioptychus cocconeiformis, Figs 5, 6. Podosira stelliger, Fig. 7. Paralia sulcata, Fig. 8. Coscinodiscus centralis, Fig. 9. Coscinodiscus marginatus, Fig. 10. Triceratium robertsianum.