Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Cymbellales > Family Cymbellaceae > Genus Placoneis

Placoneis placentula (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky, 1903

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placoneis*	C. Mereschkowsky, 1903	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pinnularia placentula*	Ehrenberg, 1843	basionym
*Navicula placentula*	(Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844	synonym
*Pinnularia placentula var. placentula*	Ehrenberg, 1843	synonym

Children

Navicula placentula var. rostrata Mayer, 1918
Placoneis placentula var. rostrata (Mayer) N.A.Andresen, E.F.Stoermer & R.G.Kreis, Jr., 2000

Literature

basis of record	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
new combination reference	Mereschkowsky, C. (1903). Uber Placoneis, ein neues Diatomeen-Genus. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, 15(1): 1-30, pl. 1.

Genbank

Citation

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Placoneis placentula (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky, 1903. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175694