Amphipleura
{{short description|Genus of diatoms}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Amphipleura
| image = Navicula_bullata_-_Haeckel.jpg
| taxon = Amphipleura
| authority = Kützing, 1844
| subdivision_ranks = Extant species
| subdivision = * Amphipleura pellucida
- Amphipleura rutilans
- Amphipleura vavilovii
}}
Amphipleura is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Amphipleuraceae.{{cite web |title=Amphipleura Kützing, 1844 :: Algaebase |url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43705 |website=www.algaebase.org |access-date=21 January 2021}}
The genus was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1844.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Amphipleura F.T.Kützing, 1844 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2633754 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=21 January 2021 |language=en}}
A newly discovered species, Amphipleura vavilovii, was found to be present in rivers of Laos.{{Cite journal |last1=Glushchenko |first1=A. M. |last2=Kulikovskiy |first2=M. S. |date=1 January 2017 |title=Amphipleura vavilovii: A new diatom species of the family Amphipleuraceae from Laos |url=https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082916040064 |journal=Inland Water Biology |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=17–21 |doi=10.1134/S1995082916040064 |issn=1995-0837}}
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