Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 44-49.doi: 10.11978/2020066CSTR: 32234.14.2020066

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Morphological and Phylogenetic Studies on Chaetoceros seychellarus

NIU Biaobiao(), ZHAI Mengyi, LI Yang()   

  1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • Received:2020-06-19 Revised:2020-08-08 Online:2021-07-10 Published:2020-08-18
  • Contact: LI Yang E-mail:935022937@qq.com;liyang@scnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Science & Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China(2018FY100200)

Abstract:

Chaetoceros seychellarus, which belongs to subgenus Phaeoceros of genus Chaetoceros in Bacillariophyta, is a rare species in the world. Present knowledge on the morphology is incomplete, because studies are mainly conducted under LM (light microscope) and lack ultrastructural characteristics under EM (electron microscope). Its systematic information is still unknown. In this study, monoclonal strains of C. seychellarus were established from coastal waters in the southeast China. The morphology was observed using LM and SEM (scanning electron microscope). D1-D3 regions of the large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU) were amplified to construct the phylogenetic relationship. The key features were straight chains, rectangular apertures and two rimoportulae on each valve that distributed symmetrically along the transapical axis. The phylogenetic tree showed C. seychellarus was a sister to C. danicus. On LSU tree, the section Borealia established based on morphology solely was paraphyletic, which needs revision in further.

Key words: Chaetoceros seychellarus, morphology, phylogeny, section Borealia

CLC Number: 

  • P735.531