Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Khakista > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Achnanthales > Family Achnanthaceae > Genus Achnanthes

Achnanthes exigua Grunow, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Achnanthes*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822	accepted genus name
*Achnanthidium*	Kützing, 1844	synonym

Species group names

*Achnanthes exigua var. constricta*	(Grunow) Hustedt, 1921	synonym
*Achnanthidium exiguum*	(Grunow) D.B.Czarnecki, 1994	synonym

Children

Achnanthes exigua var. heterovalva Krasske, 1923

Literature

basis of record	Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. Studia Algologica Lovaniensia, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp.
additional source	Hartley, B. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 66: 531-610.
additional source	Algaebase
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Achnanthes exigua Grunow, 1880. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149382