Achnanthidium

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

Clade:Sar

Clade:Stramenopiles

Division:Ochrophyta

Clade:Bacillariophyta

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Achnanthidium
Achnanthidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Division:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Bacillariophyta
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Cocconeidales
Family:	Achnanthidiaceae
Genus:	Achnanthidium Kützing, 1844
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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]