Achnanthes exigua Grunow

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Achnanthales
Family Achnanthaceae
Genus Achnanthes

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Publication details
Achnanthes exigua Grunow in Cleve & Grunow 1880: 21

Original publication: Cleve, P. T. & Grunow, A. (1880). Beiträge zur kenntniss der arctischen Diatomeen. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. Ser. 4 17(2): 1-121, 7 pl.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthes is Achnanthes adnata Bory de Saint-Vincent.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Microneis exigua (Grunow) Comber 1901
Achnanthes exigua var. constricta (Grunow) Hustedt 1921
Achnanthidium exiguum (Grunow) D.B.Czarnecki 1994

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Stauroneis exilis Kützing 1844

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Achnanthes exigua Grunow)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).

North America: United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

Caribbean Islands: Trinidad (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

South-west Asia: Israel (Tsarenko et al. 2000).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), Victoria (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).

(as Achnanthes exigua var. constricta (Grunow) Hustedt)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

North America: Florida (Patrick & Reimer 1966), Pennsylvania (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

(as Achnanthidium exiguum (Grunow) D.B.Czarnecki)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2012).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).

Source of synonymy
Ettl, H., Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. (2004). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 4. Acnanthaceae. Kritische Ergünzungen zu Achnanthes s.l., Navicula s. str., Gomphonema. pp. (vi) + 468, 93 pls.: Gustav Fischer.

Key references
Hofmann, G., Werum, M. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2013). Diatomeen im Süßwasser - Benthos von Mitteleuropa. Bestimmungsflora Kieselalgen für die ökologische Praxis. Über 700 der häufigsten Arten und ihre Ökologie. pp. [1]-908, 133 pls. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.

Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.

Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:

Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1966). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Volume 1: Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Achnanthaceae, Naviculaceae. pp. 688. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Achnanthes&species=exigua

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Achnanthes&Species=exigua

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1020 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Fairchild, E. & Sheridan, R.P. (1974). A physiological investigation of the hot spring diatom, Achnanthes exigua Grün. Journal of Phycology 10: 1-4, 3 figs, 1 table.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=30876

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86249