Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Biddulphianae > Order Triceratiales > Family Triceratiaceae

Cerataulus Ehrenberg, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cerataulus bergonii H.Peragallo, 1892
Cerataulus granulatus (Roper) P.A. Sims & D.M. Williams, 2018
Cerataulus polymorphus (Montagne) Van Heurck
Cerataulus radiatus R.Ross, 1986
Cerataulus smithii Ralfs ex Pritchard, 1861

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ケラタウルス属

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Beobachtungen des bedeutenden Einflusses unsichtbar kleiner Organismen auf die untern Stromgebeithe, besonders der Elbe, Jahde, Ems und Schelde. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1843: 259-272
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. Cerataulus Ehrenberg, 1844. 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:149328