Chaetocerotaceae

Chaetocerotaceae
Chaetoceros furcellatus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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]

  1. ^ "Chaetocerotaceae Ralfs, 1861". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ Tomas, Carmelo R., ed. (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-08-053442-8.
  3. ^ Rines, J.E.B.; Theriot, E.C. (2003). "Systematics of Chaetocerotaceae (Bacillariophyceae). I. A phylogenetic analysis of the family". Phycological Research. 51 (2): 83–98. doi:10.1046/j.1440-1835.2003.00297.x.