| Bacillariaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Nitzschia kerguelensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| 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 Nitzschia 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
- Psammodictyon 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
References
References
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
- "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb".
- "Bacillariaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.