TABLE 3 in Desmidiales (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) from lowland rivers and floodplain lakes of Ecuadorian Amazonia

TABLE 3. — Desmids (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) records for sites in the Ecuadorian Amazon.Abbreviations: CL, Canangüeno Lake; CR, Cuyabeno River; DL, Delfincocha Lake; GL, Grande Lake; LR, Lagartococha River; PL, Pilchicocha Lake; PR, Pacuya River; and ZL, Zancudococha Lake. Taxa with one or two asterisks correspond to new records for the Western Amazonia region, and the Amazon River Basin, respectively.Two types of life forms (LF) were distinguished: benthic (b) and planktonic (p). Species records for the high waters 2021 (○), rising waters 2022 (●), or both (◙) periods are shown for each site. SpeciesLFFloodplain lakesRiversPLGLCLZLDLLRCRPRBambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleveb, p●●●Cosmarium contractum var. contractum Kirchn.b, p●Cosmarium contractum var. minutum (Delp.) Coesel *b●Cosmarium denticulatum var. perspinosum Grönbladb◙●Cosmarium denticulatum var. triangulare Grönblad * Cosmarium pseudoconnatum Nordst.b b, p●● ●●●Cosmarium pseudomagnificum var. brasiliense (Kurt Först. & Eckert) Kurt Först.*b●●Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum var. borgei Krieg. & Gerloff *bCosmarium pseudopyramidatum var. pseudopyramidatum P. Lundellb●Cosmarium quadriverrucosum var. supraornatum Skuja **b●Desmidium baileyi (Ralfs) ex Nordst.b, p●Desmidium grevillei (Kütz. ex Ralfs) De Baryb, p◙○Desmidium swartzii C.Agardh ex Ralfsb○●◙Euastrum abruptum Nordst.b◙●Euastrum brasiliense var. convergens Willi Krieg. *b●●Euastrum evolutum var. perornatum A.M.Scott & Croasdaleb, p●●●Hyalotheca dissiliens Bréb. ex Ralfsb, p○◙○Hyalotheca mucosa Ralfsb, p○●◙○Micrasterias borgei var. aequalis Willi Krieg.b◙○Micrasterias borgei var. borgei Willi Krieg.b, p◙◙Micrasterias fimbriata var. spinosa Biss. **b●Micrasterias furcata var. dichotoma (Wolle) Růžička **p●Micrasterias laticeps Nordst.b, p●◙◙Micrasterias radians var. brasiliensis (Grönblad) Willi Krieg. ex Coesel & van Geest *b, p●◙Micrasterias radiosa var. radiosa Ralfs *b, p ◙Micrasterias rotata Ralfsb, p●Micrasterias torreyi var. curvata Willi Krieg.b○●Micrasterias torreyi var. nordstedtiana (Hieron.) Schmidleb●Pleurotaenium nodosum (Bailey ex Ralfs) P. Lundellb○●Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägelib◙◙Staurastrum leptocladum var. cornutum Wille *p●●●●●●Staurastrum octangulare Grönbladb, p●●●Staurastrum pinnatum var. reductum Willi Krieg. *bStaurastrum setigerum var. subvillosum Grönblad *b●○Staurastrum tectum var. ayayense Grönblad *b◙●◙Staurastrum teliferum var. pecten (Perty) Grönbladb●Staurodesmus convergens (Ehrenb. ex Ralfs) S. Lill.b, p◙Staurodesmus triangularis (Langerh.) Teilingp●Xanthidium mamillosum var. mediolaeve (Grönblad) Couté & Tell *p◙○Xanthidium trilobum Nordst.b, p●●Number of taxa per site3927272822