Amphora montana Krasske

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Thalassiophysales
Family Catenulaceae
Genus Amphora

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Publication details
Amphora montana Krasske 1932: 119; pl. 2, fig. 27

Original publication: Krasske, G. (1932). Beiträge zur kenntnis der Diatomeenflora der Alpen. Hedwigia 72(3): 92-135, 2 pl.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphora is Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Halamphora montana (Krasske) Levkov

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), found in mountainous places.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphora montana Krasske)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Oklahoma (Kirkwood & Henley 2006).

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

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Taxonomic notes
See Carter & Round 1993:6 for an emended diagnosis - (26 Mar 2013) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.

Kirkwood, A.E. & Henley, W.J. (2006). Algal community dynamics and halotolerance in a terrestrial, hypersaline environment. Journal of Phycology 42: 537-547.

Levkov, Z. (2009). Amphora sensu lato. In.: H. Lange-Bertalot (ed.), Diatoms of Europe: Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 5 pp. 5-916.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.

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

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=Amphora&Species=montana

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 March 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 634 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.)

Carter, J.R. & Round, F.E. (1993). Studies on freshwater Amphora species V. Amphora montana and some rather similar forms. Diatom Research 8(1): 1-11.
Hindák, F. & Marvan, P. (1971). Amphora montana Krasske (Bacillariophyceae) in der USSR. Biológia (Bratislava) 26: 741-748.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=31134

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:116575