''Actinoptychus'' is a genus of
diatoms
A diatom (New Latin, Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group com ...
belonging to the family
Heliopeltaceae.
The genus was described in 1843 by
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive scie ...
.
Species:
* ''
Actinoptychus octodenarius'' Ehrenberg
* ''
Actinoptychus senarius'' (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1843
References
Diatoms
Diatom genera
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