Placoneis elginensis var. cuneata (M.Møller ex Foged) Lange-Bertalot 1985

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Order Cymbellales
Family Gomphonemataceae
Genus Placoneis

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Publication details
Placoneis elginensis var. cuneata (M.Møller ex Foged) Lange-Bertalot in Krammer & Lange-Bertalot 1985: 68; pl. 23, fig. 3-6

Published in: Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1985). Naviculaceae Neue und wenig bekannte Taxa, neue Kombinationen und Synonyme sowie Bemerkungen zu einigen Gattungen. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 9: [1]-230, pls 1-43.

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 cuneata (M.Möller ex Foged) M.Potapova

Basionym
Navicula dicephala f. cuneata M.Møller ex Foged

Type information
Type locality: "Freshwater kieselguhr deposit, Co. Antrim, Ireland" (Foged 1977: 78).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)

Source of current name
Potapova, M. (2014). Diatoms of Bering Island, Kamchatka, Russia. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 143: 63-102, 401 fig., 1 table.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 February 2021 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 August 2021.