Biology:Achnanthidium

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Short description: Genus of diatoms

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q21214164 entry