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Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1880

149572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149572)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Heterokontophyta (Phylum)
  4. Bacillariophytina (Subphylum)
  5. Bacillariophyceae (Class)
  6. Bacillariophycidae (Subclass)
  7. Bacillariophycanae (Superorder)
  8. Bacillariales (Order)
  9. Bacillariaceae (Family)
  10. Hantzschia (Genus)
  11. Hantzschia amphioxys (Species)
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Hantzschia A. Grunow, 1877

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  1. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1877
  2. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. inversa Frenguelli, 1942
  3. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. major Grunow
  4. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. mugadensis Gandhi, 1959
  5. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. rectiformis H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020
  6. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. rupestris Grunow, 1880
  7. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. zimmermannii D.F.Gomes & D.M.Williams, 2012
  8. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. abnormis Østrup, 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
  9. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. aequalis Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  10. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. africana Hustedt, 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  11. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 accepted as Eunotia amphioxys Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
  12. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. brasiliensis Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  13. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. brevis Compère, 1975 (uncertain > unassessed)
  14. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. californica Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  15. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitata Manguin, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  16. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitata Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
  17. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitata Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  18. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitata O.Müller, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
  19. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitellata Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  20. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. compacta Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. constricta (Pantocsek) Cleve-Euler, 1952 accepted as Hantzschia amphioxys var. constricta Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
  22. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. contorta Kufferath, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
  23. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. crassa Otto Müller, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
  24. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. densestriata Fontell, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
  25. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. elongata Cleve & Möller, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
  26. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. hankensis Skvortzow, 1929 (uncertain > unassessed)
  27. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. hyperborea Grunow, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  28. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. major Khakhina, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
  29. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. major Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
  30. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. minor M. Peragallo, 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  31. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. minor Istvánffi, 1891 (uncertain > unassessed)
  32. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. minuta Cholnoky, 1955 (uncertain > unassessed)
  33. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. minuta Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. mulleri Ko-Bayashi, 1963 (uncertain > unassessed)
  35. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. mulleri Ko-Bayashi, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
  36. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. pusilla (Grunow) Dippel, 1905 accepted as Nitzschia pusilla Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  37. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. recta Otto Müller, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
  38. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. rostellata Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  39. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. rupestris Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  40. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. tenuis Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  41. Forma Hantzschia amphioxys f. typica Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  42. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. africana Skvortzow, 1946 (uncertain > unassessed)
  43. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. americana Hustedt in A. Schmit, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  44. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. amphilepta Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  45. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. antarctica M. Peragallo, 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  46. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. arenicola Grunow, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  47. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. arverna M. Peragallo in Heribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
  48. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. austroborealis Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  49. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. borneensis Cleve (uncertain > unassessed)
  50. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. camelus Pantocsek & Greguss in Greguss, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
  51. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. capensis Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  52. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. capitata O.F.Müller (uncertain > unassessed)
  53. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. capitata Zimmermann, 1918 (uncertain > unassessed)
  54. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. capitellata Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  55. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. chilensis Rivera, 1974 (uncertain > unassessed)
  56. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. compacta Hustedt, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  57. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. constricta Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
  58. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. crassa M. Peragallo in Héribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
  59. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. densestriata (Fontell) Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  60. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. densestriata Lauby, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  61. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. distincte-punctata Hustedt, 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  62. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. dubravicensis (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1952 accepted as Hantzschia dubravicensis Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
  63. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. elegantula Østrup, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  64. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. elongata sensu Mayer, 1919 (uncertain > unassessed)
  65. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. elongata (Hantzsch) Protic, 1899 accepted as Nitzschia elongata Hantzsch, 1860 accepted as Nitzschia vivax var. elongata Hantzsch, 1860 (uncertain > unassessed)
  66. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. elongata (Hantzsch) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 accepted as Nitzschia elongata var. elongata Hassall, 1845 (uncertain > unassessed)
  67. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. erythraea Grunow, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  68. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. exilis Frenguelli, 1926 (uncertain > unassessed)
  69. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. falcata Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  70. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. genuina Grunow, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  71. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. genuina Otto Müller, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
  72. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. genuina Meister, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
  73. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. gracilis Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
  74. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. granulata (M. Peragallo in Tempère & Peragallo) Boyer, 1927 accepted as Hantzschia vivax var. granulata M. Peragallo in Tempère & Peragallo, 1908 (uncertain > unassessed)
  75. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. hinganensis Skvortzow, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
  76. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. hispida M. Peragallo in Héribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
  77. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. intermedia Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
  78. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. jeniseyensis Skvortzow, 1971 (uncertain > unassessed)
  79. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. karelica Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  80. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. lanceolata McCall, 1933 (uncertain > unassessed)
  81. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. lapponica Cleve-Euler, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
  82. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. leptocephala Østrup, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
  83. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. longa (uncertain > unassessed)
  84. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. minor H.Peragallo (uncertain > unassessed)
  85. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. neocapitata VanLandingham, 1971 (uncertain > unassessed)
  86. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. nodifera Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  87. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. obtusa Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  88. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. perminuta Lacsny, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
  89. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. pernambucensis Grunow (uncertain > unassessed)
  90. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. perpusilla Zanon, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
  91. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. prolongata Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  92. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. recta Skvortzow, 1946 (uncertain > unassessed)
  93. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. remotestriata Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
  94. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. robusta Østrup, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  95. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. robusta (Hustedt in Schmidt et al.) (uncertain > unassessed)
  96. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. royatense Ostrup in Héribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
  97. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. sinica Skvortzow, 1946 (uncertain > unassessed)
  98. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. stricta Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  99. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. subsalsa Wislouch & Poretzky in Poretzky, 1924 (uncertain > unassessed)
  100. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. subsalsa Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  101. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. truncata (Østrup) Cleve-Euler, 1952 accepted as Hantzschia truncata Østrup, 1918 (1920) (uncertain > unassessed)
  102. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. umtalica Cholnoky, 1954 (uncertain > unassessed)
  103. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. uticensis Grunow, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  104. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. vermicularis Amossé, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  105. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. vivax (Hantzsch) Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  106. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. xerophila Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
  107. Variety Hantzschia amphioxys var. rectiformis H.P. Gandhi, 1998 accepted as Hantzschia amphioxys var. rectiformis H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020 (Invalid - type not designated)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eunotia amphioxys Ehrenberg, 1843) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 413 (125); pl. 1/1, fig. 26, pl. 1/3, fig. 6, [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. Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149572 on 2026-10-09
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original description (of Eunotia amphioxys Ehrenberg, 1843) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 413 (125); pl. 1/1, fig. 26, pl. 1/3, fig. 6, [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

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 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 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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Souffreau, C.; Vanormelingen, P.; Van de Vijver, B.; Isheva, T.; Verleyen, E.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2013). Molecular Evidence for Distinct Antarctic Lineages in the Cosmopolitan Terrestrial Diatoms Pinnularia borealis and Hantzschia amphioxys. <em>Protist.</em> 164(1): 101-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2012.04.001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Nitzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) W.Smith, 1853)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hantzschia amphioxys) 
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 8 proteins) 
To NHMUK collection (Nitzschia amphioxys (Ehrenb.) W.Sm.; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4728259) (from synonym Nitzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) W.Smith, 1853)
To PESI 
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