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.

Genera

This family includes these genera:
  • Allonitzschia
  • Bacillaria Gmelin
  • Crucidenticula
  • Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
  • Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al.
  • Denticula Kütz.
  • Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961
  • Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt
  • Gomphonitzschia
  • Grunowia
  • Hantzschia Grunow, 1877
  • Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986
  • Nitzschia Hassall, 1845
  • Nitzschiella
  • Ophidocampa
  • Perrya
  • Psammodictyon
  • Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900
  • Simonsenia
  • Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.