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

Sellaphora C. Mereschkowsky, 1902

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sellaphora nigri (De Notaris) C.E.Wetzel & L.Ector in Wetzel et al., 2015
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Mereschkovsky, 1902
Sellaphora saugerresii (Desmazières) C.E.Wetzel & D.G.Mann in Wetzel et al., 2015
Sellaphora wummensis J.R.Johansen, 2004

Literature

original description	Mereschkowsky, C. (1902). On Sellaphora, a new genus of Diatoms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7,. 9: 185-195, pl. IV.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	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.

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. Sellaphora C. Mereschkowsky, 1902. 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:157078