Chaetocerotaceae | |
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Chaetoceros furcellatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | Chaetocerotaceae Ralfs in Pritchard 1861 |
Genera[1] | |
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Chaetocerotaceae is a diatom family.[2] Chaetoceros is perhaps the largest and most species rich genus of marine planktonic diatoms. The taxonomic status within Chaetocerotaceae at present is somewhat unclear.[3]