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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Achnanthes J.B.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent 1822; 217 of 1154 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014). Order: Achnanthales, Family: Achnanthaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Valve is organized around a line (bilateral symmetry). Raphe system present on one value. Heterovalvar. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater and marine benthos, subaerial (Slavica et al. 2014). |
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References: |
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Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1822.
Achnanthes. In: Dictionnaire
Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. 79-80. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry
2014. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 December 2012. Slavica, T., C. E. Wetzel, L. ecTor and Z. Levkov 2014.
Observation on Achnanthes
Bory sensu stricto (Bacillariophyceae) from subaerial habitats in Macedonia
and comparison with the type material of A.
coarctata (BréBisson ex W. smith) Grunow, A. coarctata var. sinaensis
hustedt and A. intermedia
Kützing. Fottea, Olomouc, 14(1): 15–42 |
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