Actinoptychus
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| Actinoptychus | |
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| Fossil of Actinoptychus splendens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Coscinodiscales |
| Family: | Heliopeltaceae |
| Genus: | Actinoptychus Ehrenberg, 1843 |
| Extant species | |
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Actinoptychus is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Heliopeltaceae.[1]
The genus was described in 1843 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.[1]
Species:
- Actinoptychus octodenarius Ehrenberg[2]
- Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1843[2]
