Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 10 meters (31 feet).Standard Deviation = 24.840 based on 3,032 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Phylum:
Bacillariophyta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
()
- (Dumortier, 1821) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Class:
Acnanthales
()
- Haeckel, 1878
- Subclass:
Bacillariophycidae
()
- (Haeckel, 1878) Mann, 1990
- Order:
Bacillariophyceae
()
- Silva, 1962
- Family:
Achnanthidiaceae
()
- D.g. Mann, in F.e. Round, R.m. Crawford & D.g. Mann, 1990
- Genus:
Achnanthidium
()
- Specific epithet:
affine
- (Kützing) Czarnecki
- Botanical name: - Achnanthidium affine (Kützing) Czarnecki
- Specific epithet:
affine
- (Kützing) Czarnecki
- Genus:
Achnanthidium
(
- Family:
Achnanthidiaceae
(
- Order:
Bacillariophyceae
(
- Subclass:
Bacillariophycidae
(
- Class:
Acnanthales
(
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
(
- Phylum:
Bacillariophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Achnanthidium
There are approximately 42 species in this genus:
A. affine · A. alteragracillimum · A. altergracillima · A. archibaldianum · A. arcus · A. biasolettianum · A. biporomum · A. clevei · A. clevei var. rostratum · A. contrarea · A. convergens · A. deflexum · A. delicatulum · A. duthii · A. eutrophilum · A. exiguum var. constrictum · A. exiguum var. heterovalvum · A. exilis · A. flexellum · A. groenlandicum · A. hauckianum · A. hungaricum · A. jackii · A. koghisense · A. koghisense forma angustifasciatum · A. kranzii · A. kryophila · A. lanceolatum · A. lanceolatum var. inflatum · A. lanceolatum var. minimum · A. lanceolatum var. rhomboidealis · A. lanceolatum var. rusticum · A. lineare · A. microcephalum · A. minutissimum · A. minutissimum var. gracillima · A. saprophila · A. subatomus · A. thermale · A. trinode · A. woltereckii · A. zelleri
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3869584
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13283785
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3943841
