Amphora

Category

Asymmetric Biraphid
Class

Bacillariophyceae
Order

Thalassiophysales
Family

Catenulaceae

Type Species

Amphora ovalis (Ehrenb.) Kütz.

Contributor

Sarah Spaulding - Jan 2011

Species
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Ács, É., Ector, L., Kiss, K.T., Cserháti, C., Morales, E.A. and Levkov, Z. (2011) Morphological observations and emended description of Amphora micrometra from the Bolivian Altiplano, South America Diatom Research 26: 199-212

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2011.597987
Ács, E., Bíró, T., Boros, E., Dobosy, P., Duleba, M., Földi, A., Kiss, K.T., Levkov, Z., Orgoványi, P., Szén, O.P., Trábert, Z., Vadkerti, E. and Grigorszky, I. (2023) Halamphora taxa in Hungarian soda pans and shallow soda lakes detected via metabarcoding and microsopic analyses. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 7: 413-438.

Publication Link: 10.3897/mbmg.7.111679
Archibald, R.E.M. and Shoeman, F.R. (1984) Amphora coffeaeformis (Agardh) Kutzing: a revision of the species under light and electron microscopy S. Afr. J. Bot. 3: 83-102
Danielidis, D.B. and Mann, D.G. (2002) The systematics of Seminavis (Bacillariophyta): the lost identities of Amphora angusta, A. ventricosa and A. macilenta. European Journal of Phycology 37: 429-448

Publication Link: 10.1017/S0967026202003724
Danielidis, D.B., Ford, K., and Kennett, D. (2006) Transfer of Amphora eulensteinii Grunow to the genus Seminavis D.G. Mann. Diatom Research 21: 71-80

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2006.9705652
Edlund, M.B. and Stoermer, E.F. (1999) Taxonomy and morphology of Amphora calumetica (B.W. Thomas ex Wolle) Perag., an epipsammic diatoma from post-pleistocene large lakes. In: Mayama, Idei, and Koizumi (eds.) 14th International Diatom Symposium 1996, Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein. pp. 63-74.
Kingston, J.C., Lowe, R.L. and Stoermer, E.F. (1980) The frustular morphology of Amphora thumensis (Mayer) A.Cl. from northern Lake Michigan and consideration of its systematic position Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 99 (3): 276-283. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3226003
Krammer, K. (1980) Morphologic and taxonomic investigations of some freshwater species of the diatom genus Amphora Ehr. Bacillaria 3:197-225
Kützing, F.T. (1844) Die kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen. 152 pp., 30 pls.
Lee, K. and Round, F.E. (1987) Studies on freshwater Amphora species. I. Amphora ovalis Diatom Research 2 (2): 193-203

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.1987.9704997
Lee, K. and Round, F.E. (1988) Studies on freshwater Amphora species. II. Amphora copulata (Kütz.) Schoeman & Archibald Diatom Research 3(2): 217-225

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.1988.9705034
Lee, K. and Round, F.E. (1989) Studies on freshwater Amphora species. III. Amphora pediculus (Kutz.) Grun. and some possibly related forms Diatom Research 4 (1): 79-87

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.1989.9705054
Levkov, Z. (2009) Amphora sensu lato In Diatoms of Europe, Volume 5. (H. Lange-Bertalot, ed). A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G. 916pp.
Li, C., Tan, L., Gao, Y., Li, X., Sun, L., Lian, J., Zhang, J., Huang, L., and Chen, C. (2022) Morphology of Amphora lunulata A.H. Wachnicka and E.E. Gaiser and its transfer to Seminavis D.G. Mann Diatom Research 37(1): 63-69

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2022.2041490
Sala, S.E, Sar, E.A., Hinz, F. and Sunesen, I. (2006) Studies on Amphora subgenus Halamphora (Bacillariophyta): the revision of some species described by Hustedt using type material European Journal of Phycology 41: 155-167

Publication Link: 10.1080/09670260600556609
Sar, E.A., Sala, S.E., Hinz, F. and Sunesen, I. (2004) An emended description of Amphora tumida Hustedt (Bacillariophyceae) Diatom Research 19: 71-80

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2004.9705608
Sato, S. and Mann, D.G. (2024) Morphology and life history of Amphora commutata (Bacillariophyta) II: Sexual reproduction and auxosporulation, with special reference to auxospore wall structures. Phycologia 63:6, 558-572.

Publication Link: 10.1080/00318884.2024.2432847
Sato, S., Tamotsu, N. and Mann, D.G. (2013) Morphology and life history of Amphora commutata (Bacillariophyta) I: the vegetative cell and phylogenetic position Phycologia 52: 225–238

Publication Link: 10.2216/12–072.1
Schoeman, F.R. and Archibald, R.E.M. (1986) Observations on Amphora species (Bacillariophyceae) in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Some species from the subgenus Amphora. Journal of South African Botany 52(5):425-437
Schoeman, F.R. and Archibald, R.E.M. (1986) Observations on Amphora species (Bacillariophyceae) in the British Museum (Natural History). V. Some species from the subgenus Amphora South African Journal of Botany. 53: 425-437
Stepanek, J.G. and Kociolek, J.P. (2013) Several new species of Amphora and Halamphora from the western USA. Diatom Research 28: 61-75.

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2012.735205
Stepanek, J.G. and Kociolek, J.P. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of Amphora sensu lato (Bacillariophyta): an investigation into the monophyly and classification of the amphoroid diatoms Protist 165: 177-195

Publication Link: 10.1016/j.protis.2014.02.002
Stepanek, J.G. and Kociolek, J.P. (2015) Three new species of the diatom genus Halamphora (Bacillariophyta) from the prairie pothole lakes region of North Dakota, USA Phytotaxa 197(1): 27-36
Stepanek, J.G. and Kociolek, J.P. (2016) Re-examination of Mereschkowsky's genus Tetramphora (Bacillariophyta) and its separation from Amphora Diatom Research 31:(2) 123-148

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2016.1183344
Stepanek, J.G. and Kociolek, J.P. (2019) Molecular phylogeny of the diatom genera Amphora and Halamphora (Bacillariophyta) with a focus on morphological and ecological evolution Journal of Phycology 55: 442-456

Publication Link: 10.1111/jpy.12836
Stepanek, J.G., Mayama, S. and Kociolek, J.P. (2015) Description and phylogenetic position of Amphora aliformis (Bacillariophyta), a new species from Tokyo Bay Phycologia 54: 78-86

Publication Link: 10.2216/14-081.1
Stepanek, J.G., Carlson, T.E., Rumley, L.E. and Julius, M.L. (2023) Systematic reappraisal of the diminutive Amphora thumensis and the transfer of Halamphora parathumensis to the genus Amphora. Diatom Research

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2023.2265380
Stoermer, E.F. and Yang, J.J. (1971) Contributions to the diatom flora of Laurentian Great Lakes. I. New and little known species of Amphora (Bacillariophyta, Pennatibacilariophyceae) Phycologia 10: 397-409.
Van de Vijver, B., Kopalová, K., Zidarova, R. and Levkov, Z. (2014) Revision of the genus Halamphora (Bacillariophyta) in the Antarctic Region Plant Ecology and Evolution 147 (3): 374–391

Publication Link: 10.5091/plecevo.2014.979
Wachnicka, A.H. and Gaiser, E.E. (2007) Characterization of Amphora and Seminavis from South Florida, U.S.A. Diatom Research 22: 387-455

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2007.9705722
Williams, D.M. and Reid, G. (2006) Fossils and the tropics, the Eunotiaceae (Bacillariophyta) expanded: A new genus for the Upper Eocene fossil diatom Eunotia reedii and the recent tropical marine diatom Amphora reichardtiana European Journal of Phycology 41(20): 147-154

Publication Link: 10.1080/09670260600628564

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26 Additional Amphora species

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Displaying 7 of 7 species

26 Additional Amphora species

Amphora abuensis

Amphora aequalis

Amphora angusta

Amphora aponina

Amphora archibaldii

Amphora birugula

Amphora commutata

Amphora cuneatiformis

Amphora cymbamphora

Amphora delicatissima

Amphora exigua

Amphora eximia

Amphora fogediana

Amphora inariensis

Amphora indistincta

Amphora krammeri

Amphora laevissima

Amphora lineolata

Amphora ocellata

Amphora subcostulata

Amphora sublaevis

Amphora subtropica

Amphora sulcata

Amphora tenuissima

Amphora tumida

Amphora veneta fo. globulosa

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