| Achnanthidium | |
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| Achnanthidium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Cocconeidales |
| Family: | Achnanthidiaceae |
| Genus: | Achnanthidium Kützing, 1844 |
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Achnanthidium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Achnanthidiaceae.
The genus was described in 1844 by Friedrich Traugott Kützing.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species: (see a more complete list)
- Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki, 1994
- Achnanthidium agardhii (Kützing) Mereschkowsky
- Achnanthidium alpestre (R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek) R. Lowe & J.P. Kociolek
- Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki
