Diadesmis platensis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez 2005
Publication Details
Diadesmis platensis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez 2005: 43, pl. 56, figs 1-10
Published in: Metzeltin, D., Lange-Bertalot, H. & García-Rodriguez, F. (2005). Diatoms of Uruguay. Compared with other taxa from South America and elsewhere. Iconographia Diatomologica 15: 1-736.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diadesmis is Diadesmis confervacea Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Humidophila platensis (Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Garcia-Rodriguez) Lowe, Kociolek, Johansen, Van de Vijver, Lange-Bertalot & Kopalová.
Type Information
Type locality: Uruguay: Colonia: Rio de la Plata near Colonia del Sacramento; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Garcia-Rodriguez & D. Metzeltin; xi.2002; Bot. Inst. Univ. Frankfurt a. M.; Coll. Lange-Bertalot Uru 2002-3 (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 September 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
