Bacillariaceae
| Bacillariaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Bacillariales |
| Family: | Bacillariaceae |
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta.[1] Some of the genus members such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, some halophile species of Nitzchia are found in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.[2]
Genera
This family includes the following genera:[3]
- Bacillaria Gmelin
- Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
- Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in Schmidt et al.
- Denticula Kütz.
- Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961
- Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt
- Hantzschia Grunow
- Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa
- Nitzschia Hass.
- Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. in H. Perag. and Perag.
- Tryblionella W. Sm.
See also
Notes
- ↑ ITIS, 2008
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, 2008
- ↑ "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb.".
References
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
- ITIS (2008)