Bacillariaceae
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta,[1] 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.[2]
| Bacillariaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Nitzschia kerguelensis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes | 
| Clade: | SAR | 
| Clade: | Stramenopiles | 
| Phylum: | Gyrista | 
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina | 
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae | 
| Order: | Bacillariales Hendey 1937 sensu emend.  | 
| Family: | Bacillariaceae Ehrenb.  | 
Genera
    
This family includes these genera:[3]
- Allonitzschia A.Mann, 1925 (1)[4]
 - Bacillaria Gmelin (155)
 - Crucidenticula F.Akiba & Y.Yanagisawa, 1986 (8)[4]
 - 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)[4]
 - Grunowia L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (19)[4]
 - Hantzschia Grunow, 1877 (258)
 - Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2)
 - Nitzschia Hassall, 1845 (2k)
 - Nitzschiella L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (18)[4]
 - Ophidocampa C.G.Ehrenberg, 1870 (15)[4]
 - Perrya F.Kitton, 1874 (7)[4]
 - Psammodictyona D.G.Mann, 1990 (5)[4]
 - Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81)
 - Simonsenia H.Lange-Bertalot, 1979 (3)[4]
 - Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853 (103)
 
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.[4]
See also
    
    
References
    
- ITIS, 2008
 - C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
 - "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb".
 - "Bacillariaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
 
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