identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DE87BE156CFFA71AA816D9FEA4F84B.text	03DE87BE156CFFA71AA816D9FEA4F84B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Indoplatessa Tseplik, Radhakrishnan, Karthick & Kulikovskiy 2025	<div><p>Indoplatessa Tseplik, Radhakrishnan, Karthick &amp; Kulikovskiy gen. nov. (Figs 1–41)</p><p>Type species (here designated): Indoplatessa arborea (C. Radhakrishnan, S. Sherly &amp; B. Karthick) Tseplik, Karthick &amp; Kulikovskiy comb. nov.</p><p>Description. LM (Figs 1–30). Frustules monoraphid. Valves elliptic-lanceolate, with rounded apices. Raphe filiform, with straight expanded central ends.Axial area on the raphe valve narrow linear, central area almost rectangular, bordered by 2–3 shortened striae that are frequently more widely spaced. Striae radiate throughout the valve. Axial area on the rapheless valve wide, lanceolate, central area not differentiated. Striae parallel or almost parallel at the centre, radiate towards the apices.</p><p>SEM. Raphe valve (Figs 31–34, 39, 40). Raphe filiform, straight. External central raphe ends straight or almost straight, expanded, positioned in a rounded shallow groove, external distal raphe ends also expanded, slightly bent to one side, located in a shallow groove. Internal central raphe ends strongly hooked to opposite sides, distal ends terminate in well-defined helictoglossae and are bent to the sides opposite the central ends. Striae uniseriate, with a tendency to become biseriate near the valve apices. Areolae slit-like, transapically elongated throughout the valve, round only at the central part of the valve near the axial area, covered internally with hymenes. Interstriae wider than the striae, slightly raised internally.</p><p>Rapheless valve (Figs 35–38, 41). Externally, axial area covered with irregular depressions. Striae uniseriate with a tendency to become biseriate throughout the valve, with mostly slit-like, transapically elongated areolae. Width of striae varies, the interstriae are still generally wider than the striae. Interstriae are slightly raised both externally and internally.</p><p>Type locality: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.19187&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.34829" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.19187/lat 27.34829)">Tree</a> bark moss from Sikkim, India (27.34829°N, 88.19187°E; elevation 1794 m a.s.l.) .</p><p>Etymology: The initial designation of the genus ( Platessa) was amalgamated with the root Indo -, signifying India.</p><p>New combination: Indoplatessa arborea (C. Radhakrishnan, S. Sherly &amp; B. Karthick) Tseplik, Radhakrishnan, Karthick &amp; Kulikovskiy comb. nov.</p><p>Basionym: Platessa arborea C. Radhakrishnan, S. Sherly &amp; B. Karthick in Sherly et al. 2022. Platessa arborea sp. nov. ( Bacillariophyceae): A new tree moss dwelling diatom from the Eastern Himalayas, India. Phytotaxa 552(2): 152, figs 1–67.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87BE156CFFA71AA816D9FEA4F84B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tseplik, Natalia;Radhakrishnan, Cheran;Karthick, Balasubramanian;Kulikovskiy, Maxim	Tseplik, Natalia, Radhakrishnan, Cheran, Karthick, Balasubramanian, Kulikovskiy, Maxim (2025): Indoplatessa gen. nov. - a new monoraphid diatom genus based on Platessa arborea (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae). Phytotaxa 694 (2): 161-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.4
