Placoneis mutica (Kützing) Mereschkowsky
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Cymbellales
Family Cymbellaceae
Genus Placoneis
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Publication details
Placoneis mutica (Kützing) Mereschkowsky 1903: 9
Original publication: Mereschkowsky, C. (1903). Uber Placoneis, ein neues Diatomeen-Genus. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 15(1): 1-30, pl.1.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Placoneis is Placoneis gastrum (Ehrenberg) Mereschkovsky.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Luticola mutica (Kützing) D.G.Mann
Basionym
Navicula mutica Kützing
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), without a point, awnless, blunt (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Placoneis&species=mutica
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Placoneis&Species=mutica
Created: 28 March 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
Verified by: 26 December 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 149 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=134534
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106251
