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Frustulia L. Rabenhorst, 1853
- Species Frustulia australocrassinervia Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia blancheana R.Maillard ex Lange-Bertalot & A.Steindorf
- Species Frustulia calamensis Vouilloud & Guerrero, 2021
- Species Frustulia capitata C.L.Graeff & J.P.Kociolek, 2011
- Species Frustulia coloradensis Benson & Kociolek †
- Species Frustulia delicatula Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia ellipticolanceolata Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia esandalliae L.L.Bahls, 2014
- Species Frustulia fuegiana Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia galapagosaxonica Lange-Bertalot, Witkowski & Bąk in Bak et al., 2017
- Species Frustulia gibsonea Bouchard, Hamilton, Starr & Savoie
- Species Frustulia hustedtii (Germain) H. Lange-Bertalot in Wydrzycka & Lange-Bertalot, 2001
- Species Frustulia interposita (Lewis) Cleve, 1894
- Species Frustulia lacrima C.Graeff, J.P.Kociolek & A.L.Burliga, 2012
- Species Frustulia lacus-templi Cejudo-Figueiras, S.Blanco & Ãlvarez-Blanco, 2012
- Species Frustulia latita C.L.Graeff & J.P.Kociolek, 2011
- Species Frustulia loaensis (Frenguelli) Sar & Sala, 2009
- Species Frustulia magaliesmontana Cholnoky, 1957
- Species Frustulia neofrenguellii H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumrich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000
- Species Frustulia patagonica Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia pseudoundosa R.J. Flower, 2005
- Species Frustulia pulchra Germain
- Species Frustulia rexii C.Graeff & J.P.Kociolek, 2012
- Species Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst, 1853
- Species Frustulia soror C.L.Graeff & J.P.Kociolek, 2011
- Species Frustulia suspecta (Frenguelli) Woodhead & Tweed
- Species Frustulia tunariensis E.Morales, 2020
- Species Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni, 1891
- Species Frustulia weinholdii Hustedt, 1927
- Species Frustulia yaganiana Casa, Mataloni & Van de Vijver, 2018
- Species Frustulia zimmermannii D.F.Gomes & D.M.Williams, 2012
- Species Frustulia styriaca (Grunow) de Toni, 1892 accepted as Brachysira styriaca (Grunow) R.Ross, 1986 accepted as Navicula styriaca Grunow, 1880 (synonym)
- Species Frustulia acidophilissima U. Wydrzycka & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2001 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia acrosphaeria Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia acuminata Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia acuta (Lyngbye) Agardh, 1824 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia adnata Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia aequalis Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia alfinitosilviae Lange-Bertalot, 2001 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia altimontana Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia americana (Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot) D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2007 accepted as Frustulia magaliesmontana Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia amosseana Lange-Bertalot, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia angustata (Pant. & Greguss) Lange-Bertalot accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. angustata Pantocsek & Greguss in Greguss, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia angustior (Maillard) Lange-Bertalot & Steindorf in Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia aotearoa Lange-Bertalot & Beier (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia appendiculata C.Agardh, 1827 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia asymmetrica (Cleve) Hustedt, 1954 accepted as Frustulia vulgaris var. asymmetrica Cleve, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia attenuata Kützing, 1834 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia australis Gerd Moser (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia avenacea (Brébisson & Godey) Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia bahlsii Edlund & Brant, 1997 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia baicalensis (Skvortzov & D.I.Meyer) Lange-Bertalot accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. baicalensis Skvortzow & Meyer, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia bipunctata Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia bisulcata Maillard, 1978 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia blancheana Maillard validated by Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia cassieae H. Lange-Bertalot & T. Beier in Beier & Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia chilensis H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumrich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia cirisiae B. Van de Vijver, 2002 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia coffeaeformis C.Agardh, 1827 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia copulata Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia corneliae H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumrich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia crassinervia (Brébisson) Lange-Bertalot & Krammer, 1996 accepted as Navicula crassinervia var. crassinervia Brébisson in W. Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia crassipunctata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia crassipunctatoides D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia crassiundosa D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2002 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia creuzburgensis (Krasske) Hustedt, 1957 accepted as Navicula creuzburgensis var. creuzburgensis Krasske, 1927 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia crispula P.A.Siver, Pelczar & P.B.Hamilton, 2009 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia cuneata (Lyngbye) Agardh, 1824 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia cuspidata Kutzing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia cymbiformis Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia depressa Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia dilatata Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia directa Salah, 1955 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia disjuncta Lange-Bertalot, 2001 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia dispersata (Maillard) Lange-Bertalot & Steindorf in Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia elliptica C.Agardh, 1824 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia ellipticoides Lange-Bertalot (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia elongata (Willi Krieger) Lange-Bertalot accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. elongata Krieger in Kolkwitz & Krieger, 1936 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia elongatissima (Manguin) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. elongatissima Bourrelly & Manguin (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia entrancensis Foged, 1978 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia erifuga Lange-Bertalot & Krammer, 1996 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia floridana Lange-Bertalot & F.A.S. Sterrenburg, 2004 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia gaertneriae Lange-Bertalot, 1996 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia gastroides Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia gibba (Ehrenberg) Jenner, 1845 accepted as Navicula gibba Ehrenberg, 1830 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia gondwana H. Lange-Bertalot & T. Beier in Beier & Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia guayanensis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia hawaiensis Hustedt, 1942 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia hippocampus (Ehrenberg) Jenner, 1845 accepted as Navicula hippocampus var. hippocampus Ehrenberg, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia huberi (Meister) H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. huberi Meister in Huber-Pestalozzi, 1930 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia inculta P.A.Siver, Pelczar & P.B.Hamilton, 2009 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia isabelae Patrick, 1970 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia kosmolliana H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumrich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia krammeri Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lacustris Lange-Bertalot & A.Steindorf accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. lacustris Maillard, 1978 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia laevissima (Kützing) Pfitzer, 1871 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lakatosii Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lanceolata C.Agardh, 1827 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lange-bertalotii Metzeltin, 1999 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lata Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lebouvieri Van de Vijver & Gremmen, 2006 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia leptocephala (Østrup) H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. leptocephala Østrup, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia linearis C.Agardh (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia linkei Hustedt, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia longinqua Lange-Bertalot, 2001 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lyngbyei Kützing, 1833 (1834) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia lyrata Maillard validated by Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia maculata Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia madagascariensis D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2002 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia magna Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia major Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia mamillaris G. Moser, 1999 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia maoriana H. Lange-Bertalot & T. Beier in Beier & Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia marginata Amossé, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia mediocris Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia membranacea Griffith & Henfrey, 1856 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia modesta Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia nana Gerd Moser (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia neglecta (Thwaites) De Toni, 1891 accepted as Schizonema neglectum Thwaites, 1848 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia neocaledonica Manguin, 1962 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia neomundana H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumrich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia nitzschii Kützing, 1833 (1834) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia oblonga Kützing, 1833 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia olivacea (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia operculata C.Agardh, 1827 accepted as Epithemia operculata (C.Agardh) Ruck & Nakov (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia ovalis Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pangaea Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pangaeopsis Lange-Bertalot, 2001 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pararhomboides (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pelliculosa Brébisson ex Kützing, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pellucida Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia peridotitica Gerd Moser (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia podzorskii D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pseudomagaliesmontana K.E. Camburn & D.F. Charles, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pumilio H. Lange-Bertalot & Rumich in U. Rumrich, H. Lange-Bertalot & M. Rumrich, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia pusilla (Meister) H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. pusilla Meister, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia quadrisinuata Lange-Bertalot, 1996 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia quinquepunctata Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia rautenbachiae Cholnoky, 1960 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia rhodesica (Cholnoky) H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. rhodesica Cholnoky, 1954 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) De Toni, 1891 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia rostrata Hustedt, 1937 (1938) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia rostratiformis H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia sanctaerosae Lange-Bertalot & F.A.S.Sterrenburg, 2004 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia saxoneotropica D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2007 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia scalaris Brébisson, 1838 accepted as Climaconeis scalaris (Brébisson) E.J.Cox, 1982 (uncertain > unassessed, homotypic synonym)
- Species Frustulia sculpta (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst, 1864 accepted as Navicula sculpta var. sculpta Ehrenberg, 1854 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia septentrionalis Lange-Bertalot, 1996 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia serians Brébisson, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) Jenner, 1845 accepted as Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia similis Hustedt, 1954 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia spicula Amossé, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia splendens Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia stagnalis G. Moser, 1999 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia stoermeri H.Lange-Bertalot & D.Metzeltin, 2009 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia subantarctica B. Van de Vijver & L. Beyens in Van de Vijver, Frenot & Beyens, 2002 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia submarina Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1936 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia subtilissima (Cleve) Steinecke, 1916 accepted as Navicula subtilissima f. subtilissima Cleve, 1891 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia tenuirostris (Cleve-Euler) H. Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & R. Jahn, 2000 accepted as Frustulia rhomboides var. tenuirostris Cleve-Euler, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia tenuissima Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia trepanata D. Metzeltin & H. Lange-Bertalot, 2002 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia trochus P.Siver & G.Baskette, 2004 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia ulna (Nitzsch) C.Agardh, 1831 accepted as Bacillaria ulna Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia ulva (Nitzsch) C.A.Agardh, 1829 accepted as Bacillaria ulna Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia undosa Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia ventricosa C.Agardh, 1827 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia vermicularis Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia vermiculata Maillard validated by Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia viridescens Corda, 1835 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia viridis (Nitzsch) Kützing, 1833 accepted as Bacillaria viridis Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia viridula Kützing, 1833 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia viridula (Brébisson) Schaarschmidt, 1881 accepted as Colletonema viridulum Brébisson ex Kützing, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia vitrea Østrup, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Frustulia zizkae Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, 1998 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien) für Freunde der Mikroskopie. . Eduard Kummer, Leipzig., 72 pp., 9 pls. [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. (2025). DiatomBase. Frustulia L. Rabenhorst, 1853. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156946 on 2025-06-15
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Frustulia L. Rabenhorst, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156946 on 2025-06-15
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Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien) für Freunde der Mikroskopie. . Eduard Kummer, Leipzig., 72 pp., 9 pls. [details]
basis of record 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
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 Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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

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 Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]



