Placoneis amoena Metzeltin, Kulikovskiy & Lange-Bertalot 2012

Publication Details
Placoneis amoena Metzeltin, Kulikovskiy & Lange-Bertalot 2012: 224, pl. 124: fig. 1

Published in: 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.

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 Witkowskia amoena (Metzeltin, Kulikovskiy & Lange-Bertalot) 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.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), attractive.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 16 November 2014 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 11 July 2025

 
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