Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Thalassiosiranae > Order Thalassiosirales > Family Stephanodiscaceae > Genus Cyclotella

Cyclotella comta (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclotella*	(F.T. Kützing) A. de Brébisson, 1838	accepted genus name

Children

Cyclotella comta var. melosiroides Kirchner in Schröter & Kirchner, 1896
Cyclotella comta var. radiosa Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882

Literature

basis of record	Muylaert, K.; Sabbe, K. (1996). Cyclotella scaldensis spec. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new estuarine diatom. Nova Hedwigia. 63(3-4):335-345.
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.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
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. Cyclotella comta (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1849. 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:148910