Original paper

A proposed new desmid genus Cruciangulum and descriptions of three new desmid species from rock pools in the Western Cape, South Africa

Williamson, David B.

Abstract

Collections of detrital materials have been made from the bottom of shallow rock pools on the plateau of Table Mountain, Cape Town, and from similar pools near the summit of Bretagne Rock in the Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve, Paarl, South Africa. Both sites are subject to frequent desiccation. They revealed two new species of Cosmarium and what is proposed as a new desmid genus, Cruciangulum, described herewith.

Keywords

Desmids • Cruciangulum new genus • Cosmarium new species • pools • Western Cape • S. Africa