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Grammatophora marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844
149338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149338)
accepted
Species
- Forma Grammatophora marina f. kowalewskii Kowalewski, 1870 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Grammatophora marina f. minor Yakovlev, 1924 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Grammatophora marina f. tropica (Kützing) Cleve & Möller, 1878 accepted as Grammatophora tropica Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Grammatophora marina f. undata Cleve-Euler, 1949 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. adriatica Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. ambigua (Grunow in Van Heurck) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. baldjikiana Grunow, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. communis Grunow ex Van Heurck, 1880 accepted as Grammatophora oceanica var. communis Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. costata Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. gibba (Ehrenberg) Peragallo & Peragallo, 1901 accepted as Grammatophora gibba Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. hawaiensis Mereschkowsky, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. intermedia Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. lata (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. lyngbyei Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. macilenta (W. Smith) Van Heurck, 1885 accepted as Grammatophora macilenta var. macilenta W. Smith, 1856 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. major Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844 accepted as Diatoma marinum Lyngbye, 1819 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. mexicana (Ehrenberg) Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 accepted as Grammatophora mexicana Ehrenberg, 1840 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. minor Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. ovalariensis (Grunow in Van Heurck) De Toni, 1892 accepted as Grammatophora ovalariensis f. ovalariensis Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. smithii Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. subtilissima (J.W. Bailey ex Ralfs in Pritchard) Van Heurck, 1885 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. subundulata Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. tropica (Kützing) Grunow, 1881 accepted as Grammatophora tropica Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. undulata (Ehrenberg) Peragallo & Peragallo, 1901 accepted as Grammatophora undulata var. undulata Ehrenberg, 1840 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Grammatophora marina var. vulgaris (Grunow) Van Heurck, 1885 accepted as Grammatophora oceanica var. vulgaris Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [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. Grammatophora marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149338 on 2026-07-29
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 (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 Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Martin et al. (2002). [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Martin et al. (2002). [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [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]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [details]Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [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]
PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Grammatophora marina)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (236 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Grammatophora marina)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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