Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista

Bacillariophyta

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Coscinodiscophytina
Mediopyxis L.K.Medlin & Kühn, 2006

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kiezelwieren

English: diatoms

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.
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	Medlin, L.; Kaczmarska, I. (2004). Evolution of the diatoms: V. Morphological and cytological support for the major clades and a taxonomic revision. Phycologia. 43(3): 245-270.
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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Bacillariophyta. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148898

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