Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Placoneis elginensis

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Placoneis elginensis (W.Gregory) E.J.Cox 1988

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Pinnularia elginensis W.Gregory 1856

Add’l Synonyms: Navicula tumida W.Smith 1853
                               Navicula elginensis (W.Gregory) Ralfs 1861
                               Navicula anglica Ralfs 1861
                               Navicula dicephala f. minor Grunow 1880
                               Navicula placentula var. anglica (Ralfs) Grunow 1880
                               Navicula tumida var. anglica (Ralfs) Gutwinski 1891
                               Navicula dicephala var. elginensis (W.Gregory) Cleve 1895
                               Placoneis dicephala var. elginensis (Gregory) Mereschkowsky 1903
                               Navicula anglica f. major A.Cleve 1932
                               Placoneis anglica (Ralfs) E.J.Cox 2003

Placoneis elginensis

Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Place name: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria) 
Latitude: 47.30234117     Longitude: 12.41751194

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera  Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.

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