Platessa guianensis Le Cohu, Tudesque & Wetzel 2016
Publication Details
Platessa guianensis Le Cohu, Tudesque & Wetzel 2016: 240, fig. 2-71
Published in: Tudesque, L., Le Cohu, R., & Wetzel, C.E. (2016). Two new Platessa (Bacillariophyceae) from Amazonia: Platessa guianensis spec. nov., and P. itoupensis spec. nov. Phytotaxa 267(4): 237-255, 181 figures, 2 tables.
Publication date: 13 July 2016
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platessa is Platessa bavarica Lange-Bertalot & G.Hofmann.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
French Guiana: Saúl: Nouvelle-France River (3.572N, 53.201W);
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 September 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 28 June 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
