Placoneis antediluviana (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2005
Publication Details
Placoneis antediluviana (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2005: 169
Published in: Metzeltin, D., Lange-Bertalot, H. & García-Rodriguez, F. (2005). Diatoms of Uruguay. Compared with other taxa from South America and elsewhere. Iconographia Diatomologica 15: 1-736, 3603 figs in 241 plates.
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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 Witkowskia antediluviana (Hustedt) Kulikovskiy, Glushchenko, Mironov & Kociolek.
Source of Synonymy
Mironov, A., Glushchenko, A., Maltsev, Y., Genkal, S., Kuznetsova, I., Kociolek, J.P., Liu, Y. & Kulikovskiy M. (2024). Reassessment of pore occlusion in some diatom taxa with re-evaluation of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) and
description of two new genera. PeerJ 12(e17278): 1–62, 10 figures, 4 tables.
Basionym
Navicula antediluviana Hustedt
Type Information
Type locality: Köpecz, Romania; (Simonsen 1987: 428) Holotype: BRM; 400/9. Kopecz. b. (Simonsen 1987: 428) Notes: fossil in Tertiary freshwater sediment.
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 June 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 July 2025
