Campylodiscus daemelianus Grunow

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 : 143

Campylodiscus daemelianus Grunow in Schmidt (1874: 54:1,2) ( Fig. 105 )

References: Schmidt 1877, pl. 54, fig. 1, 2; Desikachary 1988, pl. 483, figs 3, 5, 6, pl. 484, figs 1, 2, 4, 5.

Features: Diameter 80–120 μm, marginal costae 4–5 in 10 μm, inner puncta 6–7 in 10 μm.

Description: Valves suborbicular and curved. Costae extends to nearly halve distance to valve center and composed of two striae of irregular areolae. Central area large with rows of irregularly spaces areolae.

Ecology and Distribution: A widely distributed brackish and marine species, particularly in warm waters. Not reported previously from the Gulf. Frequent in Basra corals.

Figures

FIGURES 103–110. Marine benthic diatoms in coral reefs off Basra. Fig. 103. Campylodiscus bicostatus, Fig. 104. Campylodiscus crebrecostatus, Fig. 105. Campylodiscus daemelianus, Fig. 106. Campylodiscus decorus, Fig. 107. Campylodicus imperialis, Fig. 108. Petrodictyon gemma, Fig. 109. Surirella fastuosa, Fig. 110. Campylodiscus neofastuosus.