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Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Class group names

*Bacillariophyta*		synonym
*Diatomeae*		synonym
*Fragilariophyceae*	F.E. Round	synonym

Children

Bacillariophyceae incertae sedis
Bacillariophycidae Mann, 1990
Coscinodiscophycidae Round & Crawford, 1990
Eunotiophycidae Mann, 1990
Fragilariophycidae Round & Crawford, 1990

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: featherlike diatoms sources: Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.

Latin: Pennales

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.
additional source	Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp.

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Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Bacillariophyceae. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148899