Bacillariaceae

Family of single-celled organisms

Bacillariaceae
Nitzschia kerguelensis
Nitzschia kerguelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Subclass: Bacillariophycidae
Superorder: Bacillariophycanae
Order: Bacillariales
Hendey 1937 sensu emend.
Family: Bacillariaceae
Ehrenb.

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.[1]

Genera

This family includes these genera:[2]

  • Allonitzschia A.Mann, 1925 (1)[3]
  • Bacillaria Gmelin (155)
  • Crucidenticula F.Akiba & Y.Yanagisawa, 1986 (8)[3]
  • Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
  • Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al. (7)
  • Denticula Kütz. (178)
  • Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961 (20)
  • Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt (41)
  • Gomphonitzschia A.Grunow, 1868 (14)[3]
  • Grunowia L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (19)[3]
  • Hantzschia Grunow, 1877 (258)
  • Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2)
  • Nitzschia Hassall, 1845 (2k)
  • Nitzschiella L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (18)[3]
  • Ophidocampa C.G.Ehrenberg, 1870 (15)[3]
  • Perrya F.Kitton, 1874 (7)[3]
  • Psammodictyona D.G.Mann, 1990 (5)[3]
  • Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81)
  • Simonsenia H.Lange-Bertalot, 1979 (3)[3]
  • Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853 (103)

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
  2. ^ "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bacillariaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Bacillariaceae
Bacillariales
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