Platichthys darwiniana Seddon & Witkowski 2015
Publication Details
Platichthys darwiniana Seddon & Witkowski 2015: 137, figs 1-38
Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. Witkowski, A. & Krammer, K., Kulikovskiy, M.S., Seddon, A.W.R. & Kociolek, J.P. (2015). Taxonomy, frustular morphology and systematics of Platichthys, a new genus of canal raphe bearing diatoms within the Entomoneidaceae. Phytotaxa 236(2): 135-149, 62 figs.
Publication date: 28 Nov 2015
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platichthys is Platichthys krammeri Lange-Bertalot & Kulikovskiy.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Island Isabela: Diablas Lagoon; (Lange-Bertalot & al. 2015: 141) Notes: Holotype: "... littoral, a sample from the Late Holocene sediment core, a sample from the Late Holocne sediment core collected in 2005, subsampled by A Seddon, 2007 (holotype: individual in slide no. MCCDRS 7862 at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, illustrated in Fig. 4)."
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 01 December 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 December 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 December 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024