Placoneis placentula (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky 1903

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 placentula (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky 1903: 24

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 Paraplaconeis placentula (Ehrenberg) Kulikovskiy & Lange-Bertalot

Basionym
Pinnularia placentula Ehrenberg

Type information
Type locality: Vera Cruz, Mexico (Jahn 2004: 232). Lectotype: BM 93093 (Lilliesleaf Pond) (epitype) seaweeds and sediments from the coast of the ocean. BHUPM fig. 19 on Ehrenberg's drawing sheet No. 2062 (Jahn 2004: 232, fig. 1).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula gastrum var. placentula (Ehrenberg) van Heurck 1885
Schizonema placentula (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1898

Nomenclatural notes
Combination apparently also introduced by Heinzerling (1908, not seen). - (19 May 2016) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)

Source of current name
Kulikovskiy, M.S., Lange-Bertalot, H., Metzeltin, D. & Witkowski, A. (2012). Lake Baikal: Hotspot of endemic diatoms I. Iconographia Diatomologica 23: 1-607, incl. 156 pls.

Key references
Heinzerling, O. (1908). Der Bau der Diatomeenzelle mit besonderer Beruchsichtigung der ergastischen Gebilde und der Beziegung des Baues zur Systematic. Bibliotheca Botanica. Stuttgart 15(69): 88, 3 pl.

Jahn, R. (2004). Discovery of the type specimen of Pinnularia gastrum Ehrenberg, the type species of the genus Placoneis Mereschkowsky. Diatom Research 19(2): 229-234.

Li Jiaying & Qi Yuzao [Li, J.Y. & Qi, Y.Z.] (2018). Flora algarum sinicarum aquae dulcis Tomus XXIII Bacillariophyta Naviculaceae (III). pp. [1-8], i-xxiii, 1-214, pls I-XLVIII. Beijing: Science Press.

Plinski, M. & Witkowski, A. (2020). Diatoms from the Gulf of Gdansk and surrounding waters (the southern Baltic Sea). pp. [1]-442, incl. 31 SEM pls, 16 photo pls. Gdansk: Gdansk University Press.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 August 2020 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Lange-Bertalot, H. & Wojtal, A.Z. (2014). Diversity in species complexes of Placoneis clementis (Grunow) Cox and Paraplaconeis placentula (Ehrenberg) Kulikovskiy, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 143: 403-420, 82 fig.

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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 24 July 2021.