Registration Id: http://phycobank.org/102745

Event: new name, new nomenclatural type

Placosira plana Ashworth in Protist 172: 30, fig. 21. 20211
Holotype: Canada, Nova Scotia, Lockeport, alt. 0 m, 43°41'36.49"N, 65°7'25.22"W, Aug 2014, R. Jansen & T. Ruhlman s.n. (ANSP: #GC59338)2
1. Etymology: Latin planus = flat. Named for the general lack of costae and elevated or thickened virgae., 2. Permanent slide made from culture HK648.
published in: Lobban, C.S., Majewska, R., Ashworth, M.A, Bizsel, N., Bosak, S., Kooistra, W. H.C.F., Lam, D.W., Navarro, J.N., Pennesi, C., Sato, S., Van de Vijver, B. & Witkowski, A. 2021: Diatom genus Hyalosira (Rhabdonematales emend.) and resolution of its polyphyly in Grammatophoraceae and Rhabdonemataceae with a new genus, Placosira, and five new Hyalosira species. – Protist 172: 1-47

Registration on 2022-02-22 18:29:36 +0100