Abstract

DELGADO, José G.  and  SANCHEZ, Luzmila. Euglenophyta from lower basin of the Caura River, Venezuela. Acta Bot. Venez. [online]. 2007, vol.30, n.2, pp.277-290. ISSN 0084-5906.

This study gives information on taxonomy and presence of Euglenophyta occurring in various types of water bodies from the lower basin of the Caura River and its floodplain, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Specimens were collected between March 1998 and February 2000. Twenty one species were identified, among them 13 taxa new for Venezuela. All taxa are illustrated using original drawings. The new taxa for Venezuela are: Euglena gasterosteus Skuja, E. gaumei Allorge & Lefèvre, E. rustica Schiller, Strombomonas napiformis (Playfair) Deflandre, Trachelomonas piscatoris var. sparsespinosa Huber-Pestalozzi, T. ovalis (Daday) Lemmermann, T. acanthophora Stokes var. speciosa Swirenko, Phacus margaritatus Pochmann, P. acuminatus var. discifera (Pochmann) Huber-Pestalozzi, P. rodriguesiae Conforti, P. onyx Pochmann, P. orbicularis f. communis Popova and P. horridus Pochmann.

Keywords : Bolívar; Caura River; Euglenophyta; Floodplain lakes; Taxonomy; Venezuela.