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Achnanthidium

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

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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade: Bacillariophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Cocconeidales
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, 19944
  • Achnanthidium agardhii (Kützing) Mereschkowsky4
  • Achnanthidium alpestre (R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek) R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek4
  • Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 5
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References

  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