Bacillariaceae
Sign in to saveBacillariaceae 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.
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FAMILY
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumOchrophyta
- ClassBacillariophyceae
- OrderBacillariales
- FamilyBacillariaceae
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- 21
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- Bacillariaceae
- Collections
- MHN-UABCS, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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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.
==Genera== This family includes these genera: Allonitzschia (1) Bacillaria Gmelin (155) Crucidenticula (8) 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 (14) Grunowia (19) Hantzschia Grunow, 1877 (258) Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2) Nitzschia Hassall, 1845 (2k) Nitzschiella (18) Ophidocampa (15) Perrya (7) Psammodictyon (5) Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81) Simonsenia (3) Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853 (103)
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