Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Rhopalodiales > Family Rhopalodiaceae

Epithemia F.T. Kützing, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Epithemia frickei Krammer in H.Lange-Bertalot & Krammer, 1987
Epithemia hyndmanii W.Smith, 1850
Epithemia intermedia Fricke, 1904
Epithemia musculus Kützing, 1844
Epithemia operculata (C.Agardh) Ruck & Nakov
Epithemia parallela (Grunow) Ruck & Nakov
Epithemia porcellus Kützing, 1844
Epithemia saxonica Kützing, 1844
Epithemia sorex Kützing, 1844
Epithemia ventricosa Kützing, 1844

Literature

original description	Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen. 152 pp., 30 pls.
basis of record	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.

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. Epithemia F.T. Kützing, 1844. 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:149026