Platymonas bilobata Roukhiyajnen 1970
Publication Details
Platymonas bilobata Roukhiyajnen 1970: 22, fig. 1
Published in: Rouchijajnen, M.I. (1970). Species novae generum Cryptomonas (Pyrrophyta) et Platymonas (Chlorophyta, Chlamydomonadales) e mari Nigro. Novitates Systematicae Plantarum non Vascularium/Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii 7: 20-23. [in Russian, with Latin diagnosis]
Publication date: 1970
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platymonas is Platymonas tetrathele G.S.West.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tetraselmis bilobata (Roukhiyajnen) R.E.Norris, Hori & Chihara.
Type Information
Type locality: URSS: mare Nigrum, sinus Sebastopolitanus; (Rouchijajnen 1970: 22) Type: M.I. Rouchijajnen; VI 1966; temp.: 23°; salinity: 18 p.p.t. ; Inst. Biol. mar. austral, (Sebastopolis); (Rouchijajnen 1970: 22)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), bilobed, with two lobes.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 12 March 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 July 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
