Placoneis vicina (Hustedt) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot 1998

Publication Details
Placoneis vicina (Hustedt) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot 1998: 201

Published in: Metzeltin, D. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1998). Tropical diatoms of South America I: About 700 predominantly rarely known or new taxa representative of the neotropical flora. Iconographia Diatomologica 5: 3-695, 220 pls.

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 .

Basionym
Navicula vicina Hustedt

Type Information
Type locality: Cachoeira Flechal, Rio Cupari, Brasil; (Hustedt 1952: 407) Holotype: BRM; 324/60a. Cachoeira Flechal. Rio Cupari. Brasil. Sioli 89. (Simonsen 1987: 392)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 April 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Combination also made by H. Lange-Bertalot in D. Metzeltin, H. Lange-Bertalot & F. García-Rodríguez Iconogr. Diatomol. 15: 200. 2005. (See INA) - (01 December 2022) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025