Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Bacillariales > Family Bacillariaceae

Bacillaria J.F. Gmelin, 1788

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bacillaria cistula Ehrenberg, 1828
Bacillaria interrupta Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
Bacillaria paxillifera (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson, 1901
Bacillaria phoenicenteron Nitzsch, 1817
Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch, 1817
Bacillaria socialis (Gregory) Ralfs, 1861
Bacillaria ulna Nitzsch, 1817
Bacillaria viridis Nitzsch, 1817

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: バキラリア属

Literature

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.
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.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
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.

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. Bacillaria J.F. Gmelin, 1788. 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:149148