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Psammothidium

Bukht. and Round 1996

Psammothidium Guide
  • Category
    Monoraphid
  • Class
    Bacillariophyceae
  • Order
    Achnanthales
  • Family
    Achnanthaceae
  • Type Species
    Psammothidium marginulatum (Grunow) Bukht. and Round

Displaying 20 of 20 species

Sorted from smallest to largest by maximum length
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Psammothidium microscopicum Length: 4-8 Width: 3-4 Striae: 27-31
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Psammothidium didymum Length: 6-9 Width: 3-4 Striae: 28-32
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Psammothidium semiapertum Length: 8-10 Width: 4-5 Striae: 22-24
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Psammothidium levanderi Length: 7-11 Width: 4-5 Striae: 24-30
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Psammothidium rossii Length: 9-11 Width: 4-5 Striae: 28-32
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Psammothidium subatomoides Length: 5-11 Width: 3-6 Striae: 30-40
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Psammothidium scoticum Length: 7-12 Width: 3-4 Striae: 27-30
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Psammothidium pennsylvanicum Length: 9-13 Width: 5-5 Striae: 25-29
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Psammothidium sacculus Length: 8-13 Width: 3-4 Striae: 26-30
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Psammothidium lauenburgianum Length: 8-14 Width: 3-5 Striae: 24-28
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Psammothidium nivale Length: 11-15 Width: 5-6 Striae: 26-28
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Psammothidium acidoclinatum Length: 8-16 Width: 4-5 Striae: 23-27
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Psammothidium chlidanos Length: 12-18 Width: 4-6 Striae: 27-33
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Psammothidium daonense Length: 9-23 Width: 4-7 Striae: 24-30
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Psammothidium bioretii Length: 12-26 Width: 5-9 Striae: 23-27
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Psammothidium helveticum Length: 12-26 Width: 5-7 Striae: 24-30
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Psammothidium lacustre Length: 16-28 Width: 8-11 Striae: 22-26
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Psammothidium harveyi Length: 10-29 Width: 7-9 Striae: 22-25
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Psammothidium alpinum Length: 14-30 Width: 6-9 Striae: 22-25
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Psammothidium obliquum Length: 25-53 Width: 12-14 Striae: 16-22

11 Additional Psammothidium species

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Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2008). Psammothidium. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 08, 2025, from https://diatoms.org/genera/psammothidium

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