Placoneis dicephala var. elginensis (Gregory) Mereschkowsky 1903
Current name:
Placoneis elginensis (W.Gregory) E.J.Cox
Truckee River, Nevada, USA; 1000x, DIC, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection - 29 September 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Placoneis dicephala var. elginensis (Gregory) Mereschkowsky 1903: 7
Published in: Mereschkowsky, C. (1903). Über 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) Mereschkowsky.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Placoneis elginensis (W.Gregory) E.J.Cox.
Basionym
Pinnularia elginensis W.Gregory
Type Information
Elgin? but not cited; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: BM; 11751 (Haworth 1974: 51)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2012 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 30 April 2012
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 April 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
