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

Amphora C.G. Ehrenberg ex F.T. Kützing, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphora acuta Gregory, 1857
Amphora affinis Kützing, 1844
Amphora angusta Gregory, 1857
Amphora arcus Gregory, 1854
Amphora arenaria Donkin, 1858
Amphora arenicola Grunow, 1895
Amphora atomus Kützing, 1844
Amphora bacillaris Gregory, 1857
Amphora binodis Gregory, 1857
Amphora borealis Kützing, 1844
Amphora cingulata Cleve, 1875
Amphora commutata Grunow, 1880
Amphora crassa Gregory, 1857
Amphora cuneata Cleve, 1876
Amphora cymbifera A.Schmidt, 1875
Amphora decipiens Grunow in Van Heurck, 1883
Amphora delicatissima Krasske, 1930
Amphora donkinii Rabenhorst, 1864
Amphora dubia Gregory, 1857
Amphora elegans H.Peragallo, 1893
Amphora ergadensis Gregory, 1857
Amphora excisa Gregory, 1857
Amphora extensa Salah, 1955
Amphora fluminensis Grunow, 1863
Amphora globulosa J.Schumann
Amphora graeffeana Hendey, 1973
Amphora gregorii Ralfs., 1861
Amphora grevilleana Gregory, 1857
Amphora hemisphaerica Grunow, 1867
Amphora insecta Grunow ex A.Schmidt, 1876
Amphora laevis Gregory, 1857
Amphora laevissima W.Gregory, 1857
Amphora libyca Ehrenberg, 1840
Amphora lineolata Ehrenberg, 1838
Amphora lyrata Gregory, 1857
Amphora marina W.Smith, 1857
Amphora membranacea W.Smith, 1853
Amphora micrometra Giffen emend. Acs, Kiss & Levkov in Acs et al., 2011
Amphora milesiana Gregory, 1857
Amphora minutissima W.Smith, 1853
Amphora monilifera Gregory, 1857
Amphora nobilis Flogel, 1873
Amphora normanii Rabenhorst, 1864
Amphora oblonga Gregory, 1857
Amphora obtusa W.Gregory, 1857
Amphora ocellata Donkin, 1861
Amphora ostrearia Brébisson, 1849
Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing, 1844
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow ex A.Schmidt, 1875
Amphora praelata Hendey, 1973
Amphora proboscidea Gregory, 1857
Amphora proteus Gregory, 1857
Amphora pusilla Gregory, 1857
Amphora pusio Cleve, 1895
Amphora quadrata Gregory, 1857
Amphora robusta Gregory, 1857
Amphora spectabilis Gregory, 1857
Amphora sulcata Brébisson, 1854
Amphora tenera W.Smith, 1853
Amphora tenerrima Aleem & Hustedt, 1951
Amphora turgida Gregory, 1857
Amphora valida H.Peragallo, 1888
Amphora veneta Kützing, 1844
Amphora ventricosa W.Gregory, 1857
Amphora vitrea Cleve, 1868

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アムフォーラ属

Literature

original description	Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen. 152 pp., 30 pls.
basis of record	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	Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 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	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

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. Amphora C.G. Ehrenberg ex 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:149200