Fragilariophyceae Explained

Fragilariophyceae is a group of pennate diatoms lacking a raphe.^[1]

Examples

It includes the following genera:

Fragilariales

• Ardissonea
• Asterionella
• Asterionellopsis
• Catacombas
• Diatoma
• Fragilaria
• Fragilariforma
• Grammonema
• Hyalosynedra
• Neofragilaria
• Opephora
• Pseudostaurosira
• Punctastriata
• Staurosira
• Staurosirella
• Synedra
• Synedropsis
• Tabularia
• Ulnaria

Striatellales

• Hyalosira
• Striatella
• Toxarium

Other

• Climacosphenia
• Cyclophora
• Delphineis
• Protoraphis
• Rhabdonema
• Rhaphoneis
• Tabellaria
• Thalassionema

Notes and References

1. Web site: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . 2009-06-17.