Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory de Saint Vincent) Cleve
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Naviculales
Family Naviculaceae
Genus Caloneis
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prox. Shallow water, Pitsford Reservoir, Northamptonshire, UK. 26 Feb 2011. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Publication details
Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory de Saint Vincent) Cleve 1894: 58
Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, series 4 26(2): 1-194, 5 pl.
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Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Caloneis.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Navicula amphisbaena Bory de Saint Vincent
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula amphisbaena Bory de Saint Vincent 1824
Schizonema amphisbaenum (Bory de Saint Vincent) Kuntze 1898
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula amphisbaena Bory de Saint Vincent)
Australia and New Zealand: Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
(as Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory de Saint Vincent) Cleve)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas 1982, Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003, Pérez, Maidana & Comas 2009).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
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.
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.
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caloneis&species=amphisbaena
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=Caloneis&Species=amphisbaena
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Edgar, L.A. (1980). Fine structure of Caloneis amphisbaena (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 16: 62-72, 28 figs.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=31668
Citing AlgaeBase
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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 19 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:91297



