Amphora coffeiformis var. acutiuscula (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Amphora coffeiformis var. acutiuscula (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864: 89 (as 'coffeaeformis')

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphora is Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halamphora acutiuscula (Kützing) Levkov.

Source of Synonymy
Levkov, Z. (2009). Amphora sensu lato. In: Diatoms of Europe: Diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. (Lange-Bertalot, H. Eds) Vol. 5, pp. 5-916. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.

Basionym
Amphora acutiuscula Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Genoa Bight; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 August 2020

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Nomenclatural note
"Attributed to "(Kützing) Hustedt" by Hustedt (1930: 346). Perhaps isonym: a combination was previously validly published by Rabenhorst 1864, as Amphora coffeaeformis e. acutiuscula (rank considered variety or unspecified?)." [CAS]. - (15 December 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Also living in marine waters - (03 October 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025