Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Chaetocerotanae > Order Chaetocerotanae incertae sedis > Family Chaetocerotaceae > Genus Chaetoceros

Chaetoceros peruvianum Brightwell, 1856

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetoceros*	C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66(3): 531-610.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 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	Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163.
additional source	Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. 1: 155-186.
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 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

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. Chaetoceros peruvianum Brightwell, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178185