Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Achnanthales > Family Achnanthaceae > Genus Achnanthes

Achnanthes affinis Grunow, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Achnanthes*	Bory, 1822	accepted genus name
*Achnanthes affinis*	Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes angustata*	Grev., 1859	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes austriaca*	Hust., 1922	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes brevipes*	C.Agardh, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes coarctata*	(Brébisson ex W.Smith) Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes conspicua*	A.Mayer, 1919	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes dimorpha*	Turpin, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes dispar*	Mann, 1907	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes exigua*	Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes groenlandica*	(Cleve) Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes grubei*	Simonsen, 1987	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes hauckiana*	Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes hyperborea*	(Grunow) Grunow, 1884	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes intermedia*	Kützing, 1833	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes laevis*	Østrup, 1910	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes latissima*	Cleve-Euler, 1915	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes lemmermannii*	Hustedt, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes levanderi*	Hustedt, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes lilljeborgii*	Grunow, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes linkei*	Hustedt, 1939	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes longipes*	C.Agardh, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes minuscula*	Hustedt, 1945	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes minutissima*	Kützing, 1833	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes obliqua*	Turpin, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes oblongella*	Østrup, 1902	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes oestrupii*	(Cleve-Euler) Hustedt, 1930	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes parvula*	Kützing, 1844	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes peragalloi*	Brun & Héribaud-Joseph, 1893	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes peragalloi*	J.Brun & Héribaud-Joseph, 1893	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes petersenii*	Hustedt, 1937	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes pseudobrevipes*	Aleem, 1950	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes pusilla*	Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes pyrenaica*	Hustedt, 1939	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes rosenstockii*	Lange-Bertalot, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes rostrata*	Oestrup, 1902	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes saxonica*	Krasske ex Hustedt, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes similis*	McCall, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes subsalsa*	J.B.Petersen, 1928	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes subsalsoides*	Hustedt, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Achnanthes suchlandtii*	Hustedt, 1933	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Achnanthes affinis var. affinis*	Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880	taxonomically included in

Children

Achnanthes affinis Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 var. affinis

Literature

original description	Van Heurck, H. (1880). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Atlas. Ducaju & Cie., Anvers.
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.
source of synonymy	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

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. Achnanthes affinis Grunow, 1880. 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:149380