Amphicampa (Ehrenberg) Ralfs, 1861

Holotype species: Amphicampa mirabilis Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

Original publication and holotype designation: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

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Description: Frustules in girdle view without septa or intercalary bands. Valve straight or slightly curved. Dorsal margin convex and ventral margin straight or slightly concave, dorsal and ventral margins sinuate-dentate. Axial area located near ventral margin. Striae fine, indistinctly punctate.

Information contributed by: M.C. Amspoker. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-04 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kociolek, J.P. & Spaulding, S.A. (2003). Eunotioid and Asymmetrical Naviculoid Diatoms. In: Freshwater Algae of North America, Ecology and Classification. (Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. Eds), pp. 655-668. San Diego: Academic Press.

Comments: This rarely recorded genus has been collected from a variety of freshwater habitats in North America and Europe. Many authorities include Amphicampa within the raphid genus Eunotia. Light and electron microscopical studies of the type material are necessary to establish the validity of this genus

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024