Riaux-Gobin, Catherine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-8947
Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8197-2861
Górecka, Ewa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-7480
Witkowski, Andrzej http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0442-4586
Daniszewska-Kowalczyk, Genowefa
Ector, Luc http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-9445
Article History
Received: 30 April 2020
Revised: 21 October 2020
Accepted: 10 December 2020
First Online: 17 March 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed by the authors.
: All samplings were done in French Polynesia, under the agreement of CRIOBE (CNRS–USR 3278, France). Diatoms are not protected organisms.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study, particularly all SEM images, are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. No citations of other datasets.
: CR-G, AW, and EG conceived and designed research, and analyzed data. CR-G conducted the sampling and ultrastructural description of the new taxon. EG and AW conducted the genetic analysis of a close taxon. PS-A conducted the cladistic analysis on ultrastructural characters. LE managed bibliographic research. GD-K conducted the technical assistance. CR-G wrote the manuscript with help of EG and all co-authors. All authors read and approved the manuscript.