Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Khakista > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Coscinodiscanae > Order Coscinodiscales > Family Hemidiscaceae > Genus Actinocyclus

Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg, 1838

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Actinocyclus*	Ehrenberg, 1837	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Actinocyclus ehrenbergii*	Ralfs in Pritchard, 1861	synonym

Children

Actinocyclus octonarius var. crassus (W. Smith) Hendey, 1954
Actinocyclus octonarius var. octonarius
Actinocyclus octonarius var. ralfsii (W. Smith) Hendey, 1954
Actinocyclus octonarius var. sparsus (Gregory) Hendey, 1954
Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus (Brébisson) Hendey, 1954

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
basis of record	Hartley, B. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 66: 531-610.
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Krayesky, D. M., E. Meave del Castillo, E. Zamudio, J. N. Norris, and S. Fredericq. 2009. Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 155–186 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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	FJ Scott and HJ Marchant (eds), 2005. Antarctic Marine Protists. Australian Biological Resources Study, 563 pp

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To Algaebase

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2011). Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg, 1838. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149164