Achnanthidium

Achnanthidium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Achnanthidiaceae.[1]

Achnanthidium
Achnanthidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Achnanthales
Family: Achnanthidiaceae
Genus: Achnanthidium
Kützing, 1844
Extant species

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The genus was described in 1844 by Friedrich Traugott Kützing.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species: (see a more complete list)[3]

  • Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki, 1994[4]
  • Achnanthidium agardhii (Kützing) Mereschkowsky[4]
  • Achnanthidium alpestre (R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek) R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek[4]
  • Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki [5]

References
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  1. "Achnanthidium Kützing, 1844 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Achnanthidium F.T.Kützing, 1844". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. List of species in genus Achnanthidium from Phycology Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, last access 8/24/2022
  4. "IRMNG - Achnanthidium Kützing, 1844". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki from Phycology Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, last access 8/24/2022


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