Planothidium tenerum (Hustedt) Compère & Riaux-Gobin 2012
Publication Details
Planothidium tenerum (Hustedt) Compère & Riaux-Gobin 2012: 311
Published in: Riaux-Gobin, C., Compère, P., Al-Handal, A.Y. & Straub, F. (2012). SEM survey of some small-sized Planothidium (Bacillariophyta) from coral sand off Mascarenes (Western Indian Ocean). Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 141: 295-314, 50 fig., 1 table.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Planothidium is Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Achnanthes tenera Hustedt
Type Information
Type locality: Beaufort, North Carolina; (Hustedt 1955: 17) Holotype: BRM; Ztl/96. Beaufort, N.C., U.S.A. Hafen. b. 25 (Simonsen 1987: 407)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), soft, delicate (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 2014 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
