WoRMS taxon details
Amphora affinis Kützing, 1844
163661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:163661)
accepted
Species
Amphora ovalis var. affinis (Kützing) van Heurck, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Amphora affinis var. proteus (Gregory) Tempère & Peragallo, 1908 accepted as Amphora proteus f. proteus Gregory, 1857 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
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. Amphora affinis Kützing, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163661 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
basis of record
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 
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source of synonymy
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]
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context source (RAS)
ANTADATA, a database on biogeography of non marine algae in Continental Antarctica [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
