A description of Mallomonas marsupialis nov. sp. (Synurophyceae), a new chrysophyte from Australia, with comments on the endemicity of Australian freshwater algae

Abstract

Mallomonas marsupialis is described and illustrated by TEM and SEM micrographs, being found in Australia on sub-tropical Fraser Island and in cool-temperate Tasmania. Its taxonomic location within the genus Mallomonas (sect. Mallomonopsis, set. Marsupiales) is discussed, together with its inclusion in a suite of unusual endemic algae which have been described from Australian sites largely protected from human interference.