identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DFF156FF90FF9F63D9FB4B6AE6CD6A.text	03DFF156FF90FF9F63D9FB4B6AE6CD6A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Monoportula P. A. Sims & D. M. Williams	<div><p>Monoportula P.A.Sims &amp; D.M.Williams nov. gen.</p><p>Registration: http://phycobank.org/103661</p><p>Type species:— Monoportula uralensis (Strelnikova) P.A.Sims &amp; D.M.Williams nov. comb.</p><p>Frustules cylindrical, valve face circular, flat. Valve face bordered by expanded marginal ridge separating it from vertical mantle. Areolae poroid, on valve face arranged in interrupted radial and sub-radial rows extending from off-centre hyaline area from which a stout spine extends. Scattered spinules cover valve face disturbing areolar arrangement. Mantle areolae in vertical rows situated between hyaline marginal ridge and hyaline valve margin. Mantle areolae covered by network of anastomosing costae. Internally areolae sunk in rows between hyaline ribs, areolae becoming more numerous towards valve margin. One (1) rimoportula present, its external opening through stout tube expanded at its summit, internally as slit between raised lips.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFF156FF90FF9F63D9FB4B6AE6CD6A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Williams, David M.;Sims, Pat A.;Witkowski, Jakub	Williams, David M., Sims, Pat A., Witkowski, Jakub (2023): Notes on the rare Cretaceous species Syndetocystis uralensis Strelnikova leading to the description of a new monotypic genus Monoportula P. A. Sims et D. M. Williams nov. gen. Phytotaxa 595 (2): 219-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.595.2.8
03DFF156FF90FF9D63D9F99B6B19C35F.text	03DFF156FF90FF9D63D9F99B6B19C35F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Monoportula uralensis (Strelnikova)	<div><p>Monoportula uralensis (Strelnikova) P.A.Sims &amp; D.M.Williams nov. comb.</p><p>Registration: http://phycobank.org/103662</p><p>Basionym:— Syndetocystis uralensis Strelnikova 1974, p. 79, tab. XXVII, figs 1–9</p><p>Type:— RUSSIA, Tyumen Oblast: Ust-Manya, N. Sosva River, “Eastern slopes of Pre-Polar Urals, Severnaya Sos’va River, Ust’-Man’ya Core 82, 145– 149.5cm […] diatomite; Campanian, plate XXVII, fig. 4” (Strelnikova 1974, p. 79), Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), Paleofitol. Lab., VNIGRI (Leningrad), no. 137/3, holotype = Strelnikova (1974, p. 79, pl. XXVII, fig. 4, reproduced as our Figure 1); SEM images: “Core 82, Ust’Man’ya, basin of river Severnaya Sos’va, Tyumen’sk oblast”, Brigger ex Strelnikova (isotype specimens?), Stub P. 827 [“Pre-Polar Urals”, see Ross &amp; Sims 1985, p. 279] .</p><p>Localities:— RussIA, BM 100282–4!: “Pre-polar Urals #8, Campanian, USSR ”; BM 99746: “Pre-polar Urals #10, Campanian, USSR ” (see Chambers 1997, p. 295, “Lwr. [=Lower] to Upr. [=Upper] Camp. [=Campanian] (Strelnikova, 1974, Pre-Polar Urals)”, no illustration); BM 82242–3!: Kuril Islands, Russia (selected specimens, one per slide, Figs 2, 3 = specimen on BM 82242!: “ U.S. S. R. #1”; BM 82243!: “ U.S. S. R. #8”); SEM images: “ R 122 (ex Strelnikova)”, “ R 116 (ex Strelnikova)”, “ USSR #8”, “ USSR #10” https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.kep3mgsb, Natural History Museum 2022); In Strelnikova: “Occurrence: Polar Urals, River S’inya, aleuritic diatom clays, lower Campanian, single specimens. Pre-Polar Urals, Severnaya Sos’va River, aleuritic diatom clays, lower Campanian, diatomites and diatom clays, upper Campanian, single specimens” (Strelnikova 1974, p. 79).</p><p>Illustrations:— Sims et al. (2006, p. 379, fig. 38, “ Syndetocystis uralensis Strelnikova. Core 82, Ust’Manya, Severnaya Sos’va, Campanian” = our Figure 6 and 10c).</p><p>Frustules cylindrical (Figs 5, 6), valve face circular, flat (Figs 1–6), diameter 40–90µm (Strelnikova 1974: 49–94 µm diameter, 27–29μm deep including mantle). Valve face bordered by expanded marginal ridge separating it from vertical mantle, 15–33µm deep (Figs 5, 6). Areolae poroid, on valve face arranged in interrupted radial and sub-radial rows extending from off-centre hyaline area from which a stout spine extends (Figs 4–7). Scattered spinules cover valve face disturbing areolar arrangement (Figs 5, 7). Mantle areolae in vertical rows situated between conspicuous hyaline marginal ridge up to 5µm deep and hyaline valve margin up to 7µm deep on valve exterior (Fig. 7). Mantle areolae covered by network of anastomosing costae (Figs 5, 6). Internally areolae sunk in rows between hyaline ribs (Figs 8, 9) with ca. 14 areolae in 10µm within each row (Strelnikova 1974: 15–16 in 10µm), areolae becoming more numerous towards valve margin (Figs 5–7). One rimoportula present, its external opening through stout tube expanded at its summit, internally as slit, ca. 6µm long, between raised lips (Figs 4–7, arrow in Fig. 4, LMs Figs 1–3, arrow, Fig. 1 reproduced from Strelnikova 1974, tab. XXVII, fig. 4 = holotype), internally as slit between raised lips, situated obliquely relative to the valve face (Figs 8, 9, arrows in each).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFF156FF90FF9D63D9F99B6B19C35F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Williams, David M.;Sims, Pat A.;Witkowski, Jakub	Williams, David M., Sims, Pat A., Witkowski, Jakub (2023): Notes on the rare Cretaceous species Syndetocystis uralensis Strelnikova leading to the description of a new monotypic genus Monoportula P. A. Sims et D. M. Williams nov. gen. Phytotaxa 595 (2): 219-224, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.595.2.8
