Bacillariaceae

Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.

Genera
This family includes these genera:


 * Allonitzschia A.Mann, 1925 (1)
 * Bacillaria Gmelin (155)
 * Crucidenticula F.Akiba & Y.Yanagisawa, 1986 (8)
 * Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
 * Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al. (7)
 * Denticula Kütz. (178)
 * Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961 (20)
 * Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt (41)
 * Gomphonitzschia A.Grunow, 1868 (14)
 * Grunowia L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (19)
 * Hantzschia Grunow, 1877 (258)
 * Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2)
 * Nitzschia Hassall, 1845 	(2k)
 * Nitzschiella L.Rabenhorst, 1864 (18)
 * Ophidocampa C.G.Ehrenberg, 1870 (15)
 * Perrya F.Kitton, 1874 (7)
 * Psammodictyona D.G.Mann, 1990 (5)
 * Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81)
 * Simonsenia H.Lange-Bertalot, 1979 (3)
 * Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853 (103)

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.