Registration Id: http://phycobank.org/103793

Event: new name, new nomenclatural type

Planothidium wetzelii Schimani, N.Abarca & R.Jahn in Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 7, fig. 3A-P, AC-AO, BB-BN, 4A-W. 31 Aug 20231
Holotype: South Shetland Islands, King George Island, Potter Cove, Drinking water reservoir of Carlini Station, 62°14'16.299"S, 58°39'44.1"W, 1 Feb 2020, J. Zimmermann (B: B 40 0045341a)
1. Etymology: With this name, the authors would like to acknowledge the morphological and taxonomic work on the genus Planothidium done by Carlos Wetzel (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg) in recent years, as well as his help in finding the identity of this species.
published in: Juchem, D.P., Schimani, K., Holzinger, A., Permann, C., Abarca, N., Skibbe, O., Zimmermann, J., Graeve, M. & Karsten, U. 2023: Lipid degradation and photosynthetic traits after prolonged darkness in four Antarctic benthic diatoms, including the newly described species Planothidium wetzelii sp. nov. – Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1241826

Registration on 2023-09-01 09:55:14 +0200