''Hantzschia'' is a genus of
diatoms
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma'') is any member of a large group comprising several Genus, genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms make up a significant portion of Earth's B ...
belonging to the family
Bacillariaceae
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as '' Nitzchia'' are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.
Genera
T ...
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The genus was
first described by
Albert Grunow
Albert Grunow (3 November 1826, Berlin – 17 March 1914, Berndorf, Lower Austria) was a German-Austrian chemist and phycologist. He specialized in the study of diatoms.
From 1851 he worked as a chemist in a metal works factory in Berndorf. I ...
in 1877.
The genus name of ''Hantzschia'' is in honour of Carl August Hantzsch (1825 - 1886), who was a German botanist (Algology).
Species:
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Hantzschia amphioxys
''Hantzschia amphioxys'' is a species of diatom belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of ...
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* ''
Hantzschia spectabilis''
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Hantzschia virgata
''Hantzschia'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
The genus was first described by Albert Grunow
Albert Grunow (3 November 1826, Berlin – 17 March 1914, Berndorf, Lower Austria) was a German-Austrian chemist a ...
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References
Bacillariales
Diatom genera
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