Canadian Register of Marine Species - Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850

CaRMS taxon details

Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850

AphiaID

148954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148954)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterionella A.H. Hassall, 1850

Original name

Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850

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Variety Asterionella formosa var. gracillima (Hanztsch) Grunow, 1881 accepted as Diatoma gracillimum Hantzsch in Rabenhorst, 1861 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148954 on 2026-10-15

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Asterionella formosa Hassall, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148954 on 2026-10-15

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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

context source (CoRMS) Lozano-Duque, Y., Vidal, L. A. y Navas S., G. R. 2010. Listado de diatomeas (Bacillariophyta) registradas para el mar Caribe colombiano. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 39(1):83-116. ISSN 0122-9761. [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Muylaert, K.; Sabbe, K. (1999). Spring phytoplankton assemblages in and around the maximum turbidity zone of the estuaries of the Elbe (Germany), the Schelde (Belgium/The Netherlands) and the Gironde (France). J. Mar. Syst. 22: 133-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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 Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source 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. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors

additional source Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70759-8 [details]