Hantzschia
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Hantzschia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.[1]
| Hantzschia | |
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| Hantzschia sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Bacillariales |
| Family: | Bacillariaceae |
| Genus: | Hantzschia Grunow |
The genus was first described by Albert Grunow in 1877.[1]
The genus name of Hantzschia is in honour of Carl August Hantzsch (1825 - 1886), who was a German botanist (Algology).[2]
Species:
- Hantzschia amphioxys
- Hantzschia spectabilis
- Hantzschia virgata
