Bacillariales

Bacillariaceae

Bacillariaceae

Family of single-celled organisms

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]

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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. [1]
    C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
  2. [2]
    "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb".
  3. [3]
    "Bacillariaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.


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