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Asterionella formosa  Hass.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 3120

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Chromista  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomChromista   
    SubkingdomHarosa   
       InfrakingdomHalvaria   
          SuperdivisionHeterokonta   
             DivisionOchrophyta   
                ClassBacillariophyceae Haeckel – diatoms, diatomées  
                   SubclassFragilariophycidae Round  
                      OrderFragilariales Silva  
                         FamilyFragilariaceae Greville  
                            GenusAsterionella Hassall  
                               SpeciesAsterionella formosa Hass.  
    Direct Children:  
                                  VarietyAsterionella formosa var. acaroides Lemm.  
                                  VarietyAsterionella formosa var. formosa Hass.  
                                  VarietyAsterionella formosa var. gracillima (Hantzsch) Grunow in Van Heurck  
                                  VarietyAsterionella formosa var. subtilis Grunow  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: J. Patrick Kociolek   
  Notes: Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences   
  Reference for: Asterionella formosa    
       
  Expert: Russell G. Kreis, Jr.   
  Notes: USEPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, 9311 Groh Road, Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138   
  Reference for: Asterionella formosa    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Asterionella formosa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Stoermer, E. F., R. G. Kreis, Jr., and N. A. Andresen   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Great Lakes Research, vol. 25, no. 3   
  Page(s): 515-566   
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  Reference for: Asterionella formosa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Typifies  
 

 

    


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