Chaetocerotaceae

Chaetocerotaceae
Chaetoceros furcellatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade: Bacillariophyta
Class: Thalassiosirophyceae
Subclass: Chaetocerotophycidae
Order: Chaetocerotales
Family: Chaetocerotaceae
Ralfs in Pritchard 1861
Genera
  • Acanthoceras Honigm., 1910
  • Bacteriastrum Shadbolt
  • Chaetoceros Ehrenberg
  • Gonioceros H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1907
  • Miraltia D. Marino, M. Montresor & A. Zingone, 1987
  • Peripteropsis I. Suto, 2005
  • Vallodiscus I. Suto, 2005

Chaetocerotaceae is a diatom family. Chaetoceros is perhaps the largest and most species rich genus of marine planktonic diatoms. The taxonomic status within Chaetocerotaceae at present is somewhat unclear.

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