Revision of European Brachysira species (Brachysiraceae, Bacillariophyta) Universiteit Antwerpen
This fourth paper revising the European Brachysira species deals with the complex of species and populations identified as Brachysira vitrea and Brachysira hofmanniae. The morphology of these species is characterised in detail based on a combination of analyses of original type material and additional historic and modern samples. The analysis of the type material of B. vitrea clearly showed that this apparently highly variable species should be ...