Achnanthidium caledonicum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 1999

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Order Cocconeidales
Family Achnanthidiaceae
Genus Achnanthidium

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Publication details
Achnanthidium caledonicum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 1999: 277

Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. (1999). Neue Kombinationen von Taxa aus Achnanthes Bory (sensu lato). Iconographia Diatomologica 6: 270-283.

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 caledonica Lange-Bertalot

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Achnanthes caledonica Lange-Bertalot 1994

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Achnanthes microcephala f. scotica J.R.Carter 1981
Achnanthes microcephala var. scotica Lange-Bertalot & Krammer 1989
Achnanthes minutissima var. scotica (Carter) Lange-Bertalot 1989
Achnanthes scotica Lange-Bertalot 1993
Achnanthidium minutissimum var. scoticum (J.R.Carter) H.Cremer 2003

Nomenclatural notes
Intended new combination of Achnanthes caledonica Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot & Moser 1994 but invalid as full and direct reference to the basionym not made; also proposed invalidly by Slate & Stevenson (2007: 358). - (3 Jul 2013) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Also introduced by Slate & Stevenson 2007:358 (INA). - (3 Jul 2013) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

1999: 271 (INA). - (25 Feb 2016) - Wendy Guiry

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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Key references
Bąk, M., Witkowski, A., Zelazna-Wieczorek, J., Wojtal, A.Z., Szczepocka , E., Szulc, A. & Szulc, B. (2012). Klucz do oznaczania okrzemek w fitobentosie na potrzeby oceny stanu ekologicznego wód powierzchniowych w Polsce Biblioteka Monitoringu Srodowiska. pp. 1-452. Warszawa [Warsaw]: Glowny Inspektorat Ochrony Srodowiska.

Blanco, S. (2016). A nomenclatural note on two species of the Achnanthidiaceae (Bacillariophyta).. Notulae algarum 4: 1-2, no figs.

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.

Lange-Bertalot, H., Hofmann, G., Werum, M. & Cantonati, M. (2017). Freshwater benthic diatoms of Central Europe: over 800 common species used in ecological assessments. English edition with updated taxonomy and added species (Cantonati, M. et al. eds). pp. [1]-942, 135 pls. Schmitten-Oberreifenberg: Koeltz Botanical Books.

Slate, J. & Stevenson, R.J. (2007). The diatom flora of phosphorus-enriched and unenriched sites in a Everglades marsh. Diatom Research 22(2): 355-386, 82 figs, 1 table.

Created: 30 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 October 2021 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 October 2021.