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Bacillaria J.F. Gmelin, 1788

AphiaID

149148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149148)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831

Direct children (8)

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Species Bacillaria kuseliae A.M.Schmid & R.Jahn in Jahn & Schmid, 2007
Species Bacillaria socialis (Gregory) Ralfs, 1861
Species Bacillaria urve-millerae A.M.Schmid & R.Jahn in Jahn & Schmid, 2007
Species Bacillaria obtusa (W.Smith) Elmore, 1895 accepted as Nitzschia obtusa f. obtusa W. Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Bacillaria paxillifer (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson, 1901 accepted as Bacillaria paxillifera (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Bacillaria paxillifera (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Bacillaria phoenicenteron Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch, 1817 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer. II(6): 1662 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.545 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2026). DiatomBase. Bacillaria J.F. Gmelin, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149148 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-03-30 08:52:46Z

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2017-10-24 13:02:42Z

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Nomenclature

original description Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer. II(6): 1662 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.545 [details]

basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]

additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]