Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Fragilariophycidae > Superorder Fragilariophycanae > Order Fragilariales > Family Fragilariaceae

Fragilaria H.C. Lyngbye, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Fragilaria acus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot in Krammer & Lange-Bertalot, 2000
Fragilaria alpestris Krasske ex Hustedt, 1931
Fragilaria amphicephaloides Lange-Bertalot, 2013
Fragilaria atomus Hustedt, 1931
Fragilaria binalis Ehrenberg, 1854
Fragilaria binodis Ehrenberg, 1854
Fragilaria brevistriata Grunow, 1885
Fragilaria capucina Desmazières, 1830
Fragilaria construens (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1862
Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton, 1869
Fragilaria cylindrus Grunow, 1883
Fragilaria gracilis Østrup, 1910
Fragilaria hiemalis (Roth) Lyngbye, 1819
Fragilaria hyalina (Kützing) Grunow ex Van Heurck, 1880
Fragilaria inflata Pantocsek, 1902
Fragilaria intermedia (Grunow) Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881
Fragilaria islandica Grunow ex Van Heurck, 1881
Fragilaria istvanffyi Pantocsek, 1902
Fragilaria lancettula Schumann, 1867
Fragilaria lapponica Grunow, 1881
Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg, 1839
Fragilaria mesolepta Rabenhorst, 1861
Fragilaria mutabilis (W.Smith) Grunow, 1862
Fragilaria nanana Lange-Bertalot, 1993
Fragilaria oceanica Cleve, 1873
Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye, 1819
Fragilaria pinnata Ehrenberg, 1843
Fragilaria radians (Kützing) D.M.Williams & Round, 1987
Fragilaria schulzii C.Brockmann, 1950
Fragilaria striatula Lyngbye, 1819
Fragilaria trigibba Pantocsek, 1902
Fragilaria unipunctata Lyngbye, 1819
Fragilaria venter Ehrenberg, 1854
Fragilaria virescens (Grunow) Skabichevskii, 1960
Fragilaria zasuminensis Cabejszekówna, 1937

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Japanese: フラギラリア属

Literature

original description	Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae., 248 pp., 70 pls.
basis of record	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
additional source	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.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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. (2025). DiatomBase. Fragilaria H.C. Lyngbye, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149028