Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Cymbellales > Family Rhoicospheniaceae > Genus Rhoicosphenia

Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bertalot, 1980

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhoicosphenia*	A. Grunow, 1860	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gomphonema abbreviatum*	C.Agardh, 1831	basionym
*Gomphonema curvatum*	Kützing, 1833	synonym
*Rhoicosphenia curvata*	(Kützing) Grunow, 1860	synonym
*Rhoicosphenia curvata var. marina*	Grunow sensu Wuorentaus, 1912	synonym

Children

Gomphonema curvatum var. marinum Kützing, 1844

Literature

basis of record	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 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.
new combination reference	Lange-Bertalot, H. (1980). Ein Beitrag zur Revision der Gattungen Rhoicosphenia Grun., Gomphonema C. Ag., Gomphoneis Cl. Botaniska Notiser, 133: 585-594

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. Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bertalot, 1980. 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:175794