Achnanthidium
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| Achnanthidium | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Achnanthales |
| Family: | Achnanthidiaceae |
| Genus: | Achnanthidium Kützing, 1844 |
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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]
