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

Rhopalodia O. Müller, 1895

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyxidicula*	C.G. Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Children

Pyxidicula compressa J.W.Bailey, 1851
Pyxidicula cymbalum Penard, 1902
Rhopalodia acuminata Krammer, 1987
Rhopalodia gibba (Ehrenberg) Otto Müller, 1895
Rhopalodia gibberula (Ehrenberg) Otto Müller, 1895
Rhopalodia musculus (Kützing) Otto Müller, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ロパロディア属

Literature

original description	Müller, O. (1895). Rhopalodia ein neues Genus der Bacillariaceen. (Engler's) Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte, und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig, 22: 54-71, 2 pl.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.

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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. Rhopalodia O. Müller, 1895. 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:149565