Algae World: Sellaphora

Since Sellaphora was rescued from obscurity in 1989, many new species have been described and the taxonomy of the genus has already degenerated and become 'difficult'. Species descriptions are scattered in the literature and there is no comprehensive taxonomic treatment of Sellaphora species, either in Sellaphora or in Navicula, where Sellaphora species were previously placed. Identification of Sellaphora species by morphology alone is unsafe in many cases.

The following are the independent taxon names known to us in Sellaphora (March 2012)

The list includes the formally named Sellaphora species, varieties and forms that we have been able to find (excluding nomenclatural synonyms), aided by the invaluable Catalogue of Diatom Names. Please contact us if you find any omissions. Presence in the list does not imply that we agree with the taxonomy (interpretations, descriptions or diagnoses) given. In due course, we will supply an analysis of each species.

Taxon authors are given unabbreviated and in standard form according to the International Plant Names Index (which lists almost all authors who have described diatom taxa). 

• Sellaphora aggerica (E. Reichardt) Falasco & Ector in Falasco et al.
  
• Sellaphora alastos (M.H. Hohn & Hellerman) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora americana (Ehrenberg) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora amoena Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora auldreekie D.G. Mann & S.M. McDonald in D.G. Mann et al.
• Sellaphora bacillarioides (Grunow) N.A. Andresen, Stoermer & Kreis
• Sellaphora bacilliformis (Grunow) Mereschkowsky
• Sellaphora bacilloides (Hustedt) Levkov, Krstic & Nakov in Levkov et al.
• Sellaphora bacillum (Ehrenberg) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora bacillum var. lepida (Gregory) Bukhtariyova
  
• Sellaphora bisexualis D.G. Mann & K.M. Evans in D.G. Mann et al.
  
• Sellaphora blackfordensis D.G. Mann & S. Droop in D.G. Mann et al.
• Sellaphora boltziana Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
  
• Sellaphora borscowii Mereschkowsky
• Sellaphora bosniaca Kapetanovic & R. Jahn in Kapetanovic et al.
  
• Sellaphora bullata (Østrup) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzelin et al.
  
• Sellaphora californica Potapova in Potapova & D.F.Charles
• Sellaphora capitata D.G. Mann & S.M. McDonald in D.G. Mann et al. 
• Sellaphora caput K.M. Evans & D.G. Mann
  
• Sellaphora costei Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora densistriata (Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora disjuncta (Hustedt) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora elliptica Mereschkowsky
• Sellaphora ellipticolanceolata Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
  
• Sellaphora emilia Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora fallacioides Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
• Sellaphora fennica Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora fusticulus (Østrup) Lange-Bertalot in Rumrich et al.
• Sellaphora fuxianensis Y.-L. Li in Li Gong et al.
  
• Sellaphora garciarodriguezii Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin et al.
• Sellaphora gibbula Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora gregoryana (Cleve & Grunow) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora guyanensis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora hafnerae Kapetanovic & R. Jahn in Kapetanovic et al.
  
• Sellaphora hohnii Potapova & Ponader
  
• Sellaphora hustedtii (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot & Werum in Werum & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora illustris Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora intermissa Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora interrupta Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora joubaudii (H. Germain) Aboal in Aboal et al.
• Sellaphora julma Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora khangalis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora kretschmeri Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora krsticii Levkov, Nakov & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora kusberi Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora laevissima (Kützing) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora lambda (Cleve) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora lambda var. nipponica (Skvortzov) Ohtsuka in Ohtsuka & Tuji
• Sellaphora lambda var. densestriata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
  
• Sellaphora lanceolata D.G. Mann & S. Droop in D.G. Mann et al.
• Sellaphora lange-bertalotii Metzeltin in Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora laterostellata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora laterostrata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora macedonica Levkov & Metzeltin in Levkov et al.
• Sellaphora madagascariensis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora malombensis O. Müller
• Sellaphora mantasoana Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora mereschkowskii O. Müller
• Sellaphora mereschkowskii var. recta O. Müller
• Sellaphora meridionalis Potapova & Ponader
  
• Sellaphora mongolocollegarum Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora mutata (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot et al.
• Sellaphora mutatoides Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora nana (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi & Alfinito
• Sellaphora nanoides Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi & Alfinito
• Sellaphora neidioides (Manguin) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora nyassensis O. Müller
• Sellaphora nyassensis f. minor O. Müller
• Sellaphora nyassensis var. capitata O. Müller
• Sellaphora nyassensis var. elliptica O. Müller
• Sellaphora nyassensis var. longirostris O. Müller
• Sellaphora obesa D.G. Mann & M.M. Bayer in D.G. Mann et al.
• Sellaphora ohridana Levkov & Krstic in Levkov et al.
• Sellaphora omuelleri Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora paenepupula Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora parapupula Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora perbacilloides Levkov, Nakov & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora perhibita (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot & Cantonati
  
• Sellaphora perlaevissima Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
• Sellaphora permutata Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
• Sellaphora perobesa Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
• Sellaphora perventralis (Hustedt) Tuji
  
• Sellaphora platycephala O. Müller
• Sellaphora pseudobacillum (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora pseudomutatoides Levkov & Metzeltin in Levkov et al.
• Sellaphora pseudopupula (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot et al.
• Sellaphora pulchra Enache & Potapova
  
• Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Mereschkowsky
• Sellaphora pupula var. densistriata Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora pupula var. elliptica (Hustedt) Bukhtariyova
  
• Sellaphora pupula var. major O. Müller
• Sellaphora radiosa (Hustedt) H. Kobayasi in Mayama et al.
  
• Sellaphora rectangularis (W. Gregory) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
• Sellaphora rectilinearis Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi & Alfinito
• Sellaphora renata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora reppelii Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
  
• Sellaphora reviersii Lange-Bertalot & Moser in Moser, Steindorf & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora rexii Potapova & Ponader
  
• Sellaphora rhombicarea Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
• Sellaphora riojae (Cleve) E. Reichardt
• Sellaphora rioplatensis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
• Sellaphora rostrata (Hustedt) J.R. Johansen in J.R. Johansen et al.
• Sellaphora rugula (M.H. Hohn & Hellerman)
  
• Sellaphora ruppelii Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora santiagoi Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
• Sellaphora sardiniensis Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi & Alfinito
• Sellaphora schrothiana Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
  
• Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora simillima Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
  
• Sellaphora sinensis Y. Li & Metzeltin in Y. Li et al.
  
• Sellaphora stauroneioides (Lange-Bertalot) Vesela & J.R. Johansen
  
• Sellaphora stroemii (Hustedt) H. Kobayasi in Mayama et al.
  
• Sellaphora subantarctica Van de Vijver & Beyens in Van de Vijver et al.
• Sellaphora subbacillum (Hustedt) Falasco & Ector in Falasco et al.
  
• Sellaphora subdeliberata (Manguin) E. Reichardt
• Sellaphora sublinearis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora subpupula Levkov & Nakov in Levkov et al.
• Sellaphora tapajosensis Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora tau (Cleve) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora tenerrima Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora triundulata Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora tumida Van de Vijver & Beyens in Van de Vijver et al.
• Sellaphora uruguayensis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
• Sellaphora ventraloconfusa (Lange-Bertalot) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora ventraloides Falasco & Ector in Falasco et al.
  
• Sellaphora verecundiae Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot & Gerd Moser
• Sellaphora vitabunda (Hustedt) D.G. Mann
• Sellaphora wallacei (Reimer) Potapova & Ponader
  
• Sellaphora wetzelii (Hustedt) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot
• Sellaphora wittrockii (Lagerstedt) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin in Metzeltin et al.
  
• Sellaphora wummensis J.R. Johansen in J.R. Johansen et al.
• Sellaphora yunnanensis Y. Li & Metzeltin in Y. Li et al.