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DiatomBase taxon details
Licmophora gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1867
149343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149343)
accepted
Species
Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838 · unaccepted (basionym)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1867
- Forma Licmophora gracilis f. borealis (Kützing) Grunow, 1867 accepted as Rhipidophora borealis Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Licmophora gracilis f. constricta Grunow, 1867 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Licmophora gracilis f. elongata (Kützing) Hustedt (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Licmophora gracilis f. gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1867 accepted as Podosphenia gracilis var. gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Licmophora gracilis f. grandis (Kützing) Grunow, 1867 accepted as Rhipidophora grandis var. grandis Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. aegyptiaca Compère, 1994 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. anglica (Kützing) H.Peragallo & M.Peragallo, 1901 accepted as Rhipidophora anglica Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. beta-minor H. Peragallo, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. elongata (Kützing) De Toni, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. genuina Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Licmophora gracilis var. minor (Kützing) Peragallo & Peragallo, 1901 accepted as Podosphenia gracilis var. minor Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. Licmophora gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149343 on 2026-05-04
taxonomy source
Vélez-Agudelo, C.; Matula, C.; Leone, P. B.; Campana, G. L.; Lameiro, R. A.; Espinosa, M.; Cefarelli, A. O. (2026). Fine structure of the vegetative frustule, auxospore, and initial cell of
<i>Licmophora gracilis</i>
(Bacillariophyta) from Potter Cove (25 de Mayo/King George I., Antarctica). <em>Diatom Research.</em> 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2025.2590437 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
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. <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 [request]
[request]basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]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. <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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Licmophora gracilis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Licmophora gracilis (Ehrenb.) Grunow; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5786291)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Licmophora gracilis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Licmophora gracilis (Ehrenb.) Grunow; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5786291)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg, 1838)
To ITIS
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