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DiatomBase taxon details
Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864
149241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149241)
accepted
Species
Chaetoceros affine Lauder, 1864 · unaccepted
Chaetoceros schuttii Cleve · unaccepted
- Forma Chaetoceros affinis f. affinis Lauder, 1864 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Chaetoceros affinis f. clevei (Schutt) F.W. Mills, 1933 accepted as Chaetoceros clevei Schütt, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Chaetoceros affinis f. femur (Schütt) Taylor, 1967 accepted as Chaetoceros femur Schütt, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Chaetoceros affinis f. schuettii (Cleve) Proschkina-Lavrenko, 1955 accepted as Chaetoceros schuettii var. schuettii Cleve, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Chaetoceros affinis f. singularis (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Chaetoceros affinis var. affinis Kokubo, 1955 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Chaetoceros affinis var. circinalis (Meunier) Hustedt, 1930 accepted as Chaetoceros schuettii var. circinalis Meunier, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Chaetoceros affinis var. intermedius Subrahmanyan, 1946 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Chaetoceros affinis var. schuettii (Cleve) Ivanov, 1959 accepted as Chaetoceros schuettii var. schuettii Cleve, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Chaetoceros affinis var. willei (Gran) Hustedt, 1930 accepted as Chaetoceros willei Gran, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
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. (2026). DiatomBase. Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149241 on 2026-06-26
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lam CWY. & Ho KC. (1988). Phytoplankton characteristics of Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 6. pp 5-18. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Hulburt, E. M.; Ryther, J. H.; Guillard, R. R. L. (1960). The phytoplankton of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda Also In: The Plankton Ecology and Related Chemistry and Hydrography of the Sargasso Sea Progress Report: Sep. 1957 - Apr. 1959 AEC Contract No. AT(30-1)-2078. Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer, 15: 115-128, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/25.2.115 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Rojas de Mendiola, B. (1981). Seasonal phytoplankton distribution along the Peruvian coast. In F. A. Richards (Ed.). <em>Coastal upwelling.</em> (Coastal and Estuarine Science, Vol. 1, pp. 348–356). American Geophysical Union., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/co001p0348 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
additional source Horner, R. A. (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. <em>Biopress Ltd. Bristol.</em> 1-195. [details]
additional source Martin, J. L.; LeGresley, M. M. ; Strain, P. M. (2001). Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Lam CWY. & Ho KC. (1988). Phytoplankton characteristics of Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 6. pp 5-18. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Hulburt, E. M.; Ryther, J. H.; Guillard, R. R. L. (1960). The phytoplankton of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda Also In: The Plankton Ecology and Related Chemistry and Hydrography of the Sargasso Sea Progress Report: Sep. 1957 - Apr. 1959 AEC Contract No. AT(30-1)-2078. Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer, 15: 115-128, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/25.2.115 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Rojas de Mendiola, B. (1981). Seasonal phytoplankton distribution along the Peruvian coast. In F. A. Richards (Ed.). <em>Coastal upwelling.</em> (Coastal and Estuarine Science, Vol. 1, pp. 348–356). American Geophysical Union., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/co001p0348 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
additional source Horner, R. A. (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. <em>Biopress Ltd. Bristol.</em> 1-195. [details]
additional source Martin, J. L.; LeGresley, M. M. ; Strain, P. M. (2001). Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [details]Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]
Importance most abundant phylum of algae [details]
Morphology yellow brown in color, not green [details]
Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]
Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
Spelling Referred to as Chaetoceros affinis by some sources. [details]
PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chaetoceros affine Lauder, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetoceros affinis)
To GenBank (33889 nucleotides; 14668 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Chaetoceros schuttii Cleve)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chaetoceros affine Lauder, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetoceros affinis)
To GenBank (33889 nucleotides; 14668 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Chaetoceros schuttii Cleve)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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