Hippodonta affinis A. Pavlov, Levkov, D. M. Williams & Edlund 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Pavlov, Aleksandar
name: Levkov, Zlatko
name: Williams, David M.
name: Edlund, Mark B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Bacillariophyta
Bacillariophyceae
Naviculales
Naviculaceae
Hippodonta
Hippodonta affinis

description: Hippodonta affinis A. Pavlov, Levkov, D.M. Williams & Edlund, sp. nov. (Figs 192–200, 224)   
 Type:— MACEDONIA. Lake Prespa, Bay of Konjsko, mud, 2.5 m depth, 25 May 2003, collector Z. Levkov. (Accession No. MKNDC 000537; holotype: slide MKNDC! 000537/1; isotype: slide BM! 101641).   
Valves elliptic-lanceolate, with broad and slightly protracted, acutely rounded valve ends. Valve length 13.0– 18.5 µm, width 5.0–6.0 µm. Axial area linear and moderately broad, expanding into a panduriform central area. Central area forming well-defined fascia, expanding to the valve margins and continuously broadened towards the margins. Terminal area distinguishable in LM view, quite small and semi-circular in shape. Raphe linear-filiform, with clearly pronounced, round and closely spaced central pores. Terminal pores of raphe barely discernible in LM, as simple linear and abruptly terminated. Striae coarse, moderately to strongly radiate at the middle, becoming parallel or weakly convergent towards valve ends. Striae evenly spaced throughout, 10–12 in 10 µm. Interstriae of lower width than striae, evenly pronounced throughout valve length. Lineolae composing striae large and clearly discernible with LM, 4 or 5 within a stria at the middle of the valve.  
SEM: Externally, valve face flat (Fig. 224). Terminal area weakly expanding onto valve face. Terminal pores of raphe simple linear, positioned before terminal area. Striae uniseriate, lineolae simple linear, strongly pronounced and long, c. 40 in 10 µm.  
 Distribution:— Hippodonta affinis has so far only been observed in Lake Prespa, Macedonia, where it occurs in the littoral sediment (2–4 m depth).   
 Observations:—A specimen illustrated in Lange-Bertalot (2001: fig. 78: 15) from the Albanian part of Lake Prespa and identified as H. rostrata, most likely belongs to H. affinis. The morphology of H. affinis closely resembles H. rostratoides (Figs 180–191) and H. media (Figs 156–165), both from Lake Prespa. Nevertheless, H. rostratoides has longer and narrower protracted valve ends, whereas the valve ends of H. media are not protracted, compared to the broadly and short protracted valve ends in H. affinis.   
 A specimen depicted in Tuji (2003: fig. 8: 28) from Lake Biwa, Japan, resembles H. affinis with regard to the valve outline and the appearance of the striae. Still, the valve ends of H. affinis are clearly more protracted and the striation being finer as well. The name H. subcostulata is incorrectly given for the specimen illustrated by Tuji (2003: fig. 8: 28). However, it may belong to Navicula costulata var. nipponica Skvortsov (1936: 272, fig. 5: 12) described from Lake Biwa.
description: Published as part of Pavlov, Aleksandar, Levkov, Zlatko, Williams, David M. & Edlund, Mark B., 2013, Observations on Hippodonta (Bacillariophyceae) in selected ancient lakes, pp. 1-53 in Phytotaxa 90 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.90.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5071976