14 6 NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Check List 14 (6): 1027–1045 https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1027 Taxonomic notes on the species of the genus Micrasterias (Desmidiaceae, Conjugatophyceae) from the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Maria A. Santos1, Carlos E. M. Bicudo2, Carlos W. N. Moura1 1 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Universitária, km 3, BR-116, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. 2 Instituto de Botânica, Seção de Ecologia, Caixa Postal 3005, 010611-970, São Paulo, Brazil. Corresponding author: Maria Aparecida dos Santos,
[email protected] Abstract We present the results of a taxonomic survey of the genus Micrasterias in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador (MRS), Bahia, northeastern Brazil during 2007–2010 and 2014–2015. A total of 275 phytoplanktonic and periphytic samples from 11 municipalities were analyzed. The samples were collected using a plankton net with 20 µm mesh or squeezed from macrophytes. Twenty-nine taxa were identified, which 20 have their geographic distributions expanded. OnlyM. pinnatifida was considered frequent, occurring in 9 municipalities, while we classified 21 species as rare in the study area. Our results emphasize the importance of the conservation of aquatic bodies in the MRS for the maintenance of biological diversity of desmids and other aquatic organisms. Key words Algae; desmids; floristic survey; taxonomy. Academic editor: Thaís Garcia da Silva | Received 6 August 2018 | Accepted 4 September 2018 | Published 9 November 2018 Citation: Santos MA, Bicudo CEM, Moura CWN (2018) Taxonomic notes on the species of the genus Micrasterias (Desmidiaceae, Conjugatophyceae) from the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.