Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Coscinodiscanae > Order Coscinodiscales > Family Hemidiscaceae

Actinocyclus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinocyclus curvatulus Janisch, 1874
Actinocyclus ehrenbergii Ralfs, 1861
Actinocyclus fulvus (W.Smith) Ralfs ex Pritchard, 1861
Actinocyclus kützingii (A.Schmidt) Simonsen
Actinocyclus normanii (Gregory) Hustedt, 1957
Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg, 1837
Actinocyclus senarius Ehrenberg, 1838
Actinocyclus subtilis (W.Gregory) Ralfs, 1861
Actinocyclus undulatus J.W.Bailey, 1842

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アクティノキクルス属

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C.G. (1837). Nachricht des Hrn Agassiz in Neuchatel über den ebenfalls aus mikroskopichen Kiesel-Organismen gebildeten Polirschiefer von Oran in Afrika vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1837: 59-61
basis of record	Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 54(2): 277-300.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
additional source	Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66(3): 531-610.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Actinocyclus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1837. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148944