Bacillariaceae

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]

Bacillariaceae
Nitzschia kerguelensis
Scientific 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.

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

• Extremophile

References

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