Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Achnanthales
Family Achnanthidiaceae
Genus Achnanthidium
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Publication details
Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki 1994: 156
Original publication: Czarnecki, D.B. (1994). The freshwater diatoms culture collection at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa. 155-174: In: Proceedings of the 11 International Diatom Symposium (J.P. KOCIOLEK, ed.) Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthidium is Achnanthidium microcephalum Kützing.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Achnanthes affinis Grunow
Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), neighbouring, allied to, akin to (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Achnanthes affinis Grunow 1880
Microneis affinis (Grunow) Cleve 1895
Actinoneis affinis (Grunow) Hollerbach & Krasavina 1971
Achnanthes minutissima var. affinis (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1989
Achnanthidium minutissimum var. affinis (Grunow) Bukhtiyarova 1995
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Achnanthes affinis Grunow)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).
North America: United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995).
(as Achnanthes minutissima var. affinis (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).
(as Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Italy (Cantonati et al. 2009), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Achnanthidium&species=affine
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=Achnanthidium&Species=affine
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry
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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:91259
