• Category
  • Class
    Bacillariophyceae
  • Order
    Achnanthales
  • Family
    Achnanthidiaceae
  • Type Species
    Achnanthidium microcephalum Kütz.

Displaying 17 of 17 species

Sorted from smallest to largest by maximum length
Achnanthidium rosenstockii Length: 9-11 Width: 3-4 Striae: 24-28
Achnanthidium subhudsonis var. kraeuselii Length: 9-14 Width: 2-4 Striae: 20-20
Achnanthidium laticephalum Length: 10-16 Width: 3-3 Striae: 20-26
Achnanthidium pyrenaicum Length: 10-16 Width: 2-4 Striae: 20-25
Achnanthidium eutrophilum Length: 5-17 Width: 2-4 Striae: 25-35
Achnanthidium reimeri Length: 11-18 Width: 3-4 Striae: 26-29
Achnanthidium crassum Length: 7-19 Width: 3-4 Striae: 17-24
Achnanthidium kranzii Length: 8-20 Width: 2-3 Striae: 24-30
Achnanthidium alpestre Length: 10-20 Width: 3-4 Striae: 24-28
Achnanthidium minutissimum Length: 5-20 Width: 1-3 Striae: 25-35
Achnanthidium atomus Length: 9-21 Width: 3-3 Striae: 28-30
Achnanthidium gracillimum Length: 12-21 Width: 3-3 Striae: 21-25
Achnanthidium delmontii Length: 5-22 Width: 3-5 Striae: 18-35
Achnanthidium rivulare Length: 5-23 Width: 2-4 Striae: 19-25
Achnanthidium druartii Length: 14-25 Width: 4-5 Striae: 15-20
Achnanthidium deflexum Length: 7-28 Width: 3-5 Striae: 15-50
Achnanthidium duthiei Length: 22-32 Width: 4-5 Striae: 14-22

18 Additional Achnanthidium species

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Updates

Apr 29, 2022 - Recognition of Gogorevia

The composite image (GUIDE) on the Achnanthidium genus page was modified to recognize the genus Gogorevia Kulikovsky et al. 2020. The image of Gogorevia exilis (Kütz.) Kulikovskiy and Kociolek 2020 (= Achnanthidium exiguum (Grunow) Czarnecki 1994) was removed. - S. Spaulding

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Potapova, M., Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2008). Achnanthidium. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved November 02, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/genera/achnanthidium