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IRMNG name detailsBacillariophyta
104 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104)
unaccepted (no longer used at phylum level)
Phylum
Diatomaceae · unaccepted (obsolete name at division/phylum level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Name for the diatoms when treated as a separate phylum (=Division in botanical terminology). In the treatment of Ruggier et...
Taxonomic remark Name for the diatoms when treated as a separate phylum (=Division in botanical terminology). In the treatment of Ruggier et al., 2015, diatoms are treated as a class (Bacillariophyceae) within phylum Ochrophyta, however AlgaeBase (2021 version) returns the diatoms to their own phylum Bacillariophyta, with Bacillariophyceae as one of three included classes (the others are Coscinodicophyceae and Mediophyceae), following the treatment of Medlin, 2016. Bacillariophyta is subsumed into newly validated Heterokontophyta in AlgaeBase (2025 version). [details]
IRMNG (2025). Bacillariophyta. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104 on 2025-06-30
Date action by
basis of record
Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (2000). The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Medlin, L. K. (2016). Evolution of the diatoms: major steps in their evolution and a review of the supporting molecular and morphological evidence. <em>Phycologia.</em> 55(1): 79-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/15-105.1 [details] source of synonymy Guiry, M. D.; Andersen, R. A.; Moestrup, Ø. (2023). Validation of the name Heterokontophyta. <em>Notulae Algarum.</em> 297: 1-5., available online at https://www.notulaealgarum.com/2023/documents/Notulae%20Algarum%20No.%20297.pdf note: inferred [details] extant flag source Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (2000). The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details] habitat flag source Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (2000). The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details] Unreviewed
Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]Taxonomic remark Name for the diatoms when treated as a separate phylum (=Division in botanical terminology). In the treatment of Ruggier et al., 2015, diatoms are treated as a class (Bacillariophyceae) within phylum Ochrophyta, however AlgaeBase (2021 version) returns the diatoms to their own phylum Bacillariophyta, with Bacillariophyceae as one of three included classes (the others are Coscinodicophyceae and Mediophyceae), following the treatment of Medlin, 2016. Bacillariophyta is subsumed into newly validated Heterokontophyta in AlgaeBase (2025 version). [details] |
