Amphora coffeaeformis (C.Agardh) Kützing
Publication details
Amphora coffeaeformis (C.Agardh) Kützing 1844: 108, pl. 5: fig. 37
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
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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 coffeaeformis (C.Agardh) Levkov
Basionym
Frustulia coffeaeformis C.Agardh
Type information
Type locality: Ad Carlsbad in fluvio Tepl ad ripas [Sweden]. (Agardh 1827: 627).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a Brackish species.
Usage notes
Harmful species
Description
Amphora sp. [cf. coffeaeformis] - rare or very rare on Delesseria lancifolia, Hymenocladiopsis crustigena, Pantoneura plocamioides, Phycodrys austrogeorgica and Plocamium cartilagineum, and very rare on Desmarestia anceps (Al-Handal & Wulff 2008).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphora coffeaeformis (C.Agardh) Kützing)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Czech Republic (Gross, Oesterhelt, Tischendorf & Lederer 2002), France (Rech et al 2005, Morant-Manceau et al. 2007, Anon. 2012), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Margalef 1954, Margalef 1958, Varela 1982, Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal 1986, Tomás 1987, Aboal 1988a, Aboal 1989b, Aboal, Puig & Soler 1996, Aboal, Puig & Prefasi 1998, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003, Cantoral-Uriza & Aboal 2008).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Ojeda Rodríguez, Gil-Rodríguez & Moreira-Reyes 2005, Anon 2011).
North America: Oklahoma (Kirkwood & Henley 2006), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1975).
South-west Asia: Iran (Jamaloo et al.. 2006), Israel (Tsarenko et al. 2000).
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), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: King George Island (Al-Handal & Wulff 2008 
).
Nomenclatural notes
Hustedt (1930: 345) records the authority for this species as Agardh.
Key references
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.
Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of the British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 277-300.
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.
Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallaegraeff, G.M. (2010). Benthic diatoms. In: Algae of Australia. Phytoplankton of temperate waters . (Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Hill, D.R.A., Jameson, I, LeRoi, J.-M., McMinn, A., Murray, S., de Salas, M.F. & Saunders, K. Eds), pp. 83-144. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS; CSIRO Publishing.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 1276 Amphora coffeaeformis
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1001/1 Amphora coffeaeformis (C.Agardh) Kützing
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Amphora&species=coffeaeformis
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=coffeaeformis
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 October 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1672 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.)
Archibald, R.E.M. & Schoeman, F.R. (1984). Amphora coffeaeformis (C.A. Agardh) Kützing: a revision of the species under light and electron microscopy. S. Afr. J. Bot. 3: 83-102.
Chansang, H. & Cooksey, K.E. (1977). The glucose transport system of Amphora coffeaeformis (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 13: 51-57, 11 figs, 1 table.
Garduño, R.A., Hall, B.D., Brown, L. & Robinson, M.G. (1996). Two distinct colonial morphotypes of Amphora coffeaeformis (Bacillariophyceae) cultured on solid media. Journal of Phycology 32: 469-478, 6 figs, 4 tables.
Lee, S.H., Karawita, R., Affan, A., Lee, J.-B., Lee, K.-W., Lee, B.-J., Kim, D.W. & Jeon, Y.-J (2009). Potential of benthic diatoms Achnanthes longipes, Amphora coffeaeformis and Navicula sp. (Bacillariophyceae) as antioxidant sources. Algae 24(1): 47-55, 2 figs, 3 tables.
Salleh, S. & McMinn, A. (2011). The effects of temperature on the photosynthetic parameters and recovery of two temperate benthic microalgae, Amphora cf. coffeaeformis and Cocconeis cf. sublittoralis (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 47(6): 1413-1424.
Thomas, T.E. & Robinson, M.G. (1987). Initial characterization of the mechanisms responsible for the tolerence of Amphora coffeaeformis to copper and tributyltin. Botanica Marina 29: 47-53.
Thomas, T.E. & Robinson, M.G. (1987). Time course studies of short term N, P and Si uptake by Amphora coffeaeformis exposed to copper or tributyltinfluoride. Botanica Marina 30: 351-356.
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Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
