Amphora commutata Grunow

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 commutata Grunow in van Heurck 1880: pl.1, fig.14. Description in van Heurck 1885, p.58

Original publication: Heurck, H. van (1880). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique Atlas. pls I-XXX. . Anvers: Ducaju et Cie.
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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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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

General environment
This is a Brackish species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphora commutata Grunow)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal 1988a, Aboal 1989b), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

North America: South Carolina (Plante et al. 2010).

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

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

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

Source of synonymy
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.

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.

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=Amphora&species=commutata

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=commutata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 16 October 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 538 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:84045