报道了来自福建和深圳红树林下中国首次记录的4种硅藻,即瓜形桥弯藻Cymbella cucumisA.Schmidt、拟优美舟形藻Mzvicula elegantoides Hustedt、侧偏舟形藻N platyventris Meister和柔弱舟形藻N tenera Hustedt,同时描述了每个种类的细胞形态特征和生态分布特点。作者认为淡水硅藻瓜形桥弯藻C.cucumis在半咸水和海水的环境中也有分布(盐度〉15),应属于淡水和半咸水种。
Four species of diatoms from the mangroves in Fujian Province and Shenzhen City of China are described. They are Cymbella cucumis A. Schmidt, Navicula elegantoides Hustedt, N. platyventris Meister, and N. tenera Hustedt. They represent new records for China. Detailed description of the taxonomic characters of the four species and of their ecological behavior is given. Cymbella cucumis was defined as a freshwater and brackish water species for it occurred, though occasionally, where water salinity was more than 15.