Platessa cataractarum (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2004
Publication Details
Platessa cataractarum (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2004
Published in: Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2004). Bacillariophyceae 4. Teil: Achnanthaceae, Kritische Erganzungen zu Navicula (Lineolatae), Gomphonema. Gesamtliteraturverzeichnis Teil 1-4 [second revised edition] [With "Ergänzungen und Revisionen" by H. Lange Bertalot]. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H. et al. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 1-468. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platessa is Platessa bavarica Lange-Bertalot & Hofmann.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Psammothidium cataractarum (Hustedt) Kulikovskiy, Glushchenko & J.P.Kociolek.
Basionym
Cocconeis cataractarum Hustedt
Type Information
Type locality: Java: Tjibeureum, TJ2 III.b (Simonsen, 1987); (Romero 2016: 65) Type: Simonsen 1987: pl. 315, figs 23-31, Slide M2/48: July 9th 1929; (Romero 2016: 65, table 1) Notes: Indonesia: W Java; S Sumatra (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), of the cataracts.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 16 November 2014 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 June 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
