Biddulphiaceae

Biddulphiaceae
Terpsinoe americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Class:	Biddulphiophyceae
Subclass:	Biddulphiophycidae
Order:	Biddulphiales
Family:	Biddulphiaceae Kützing, 1844
Genera
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Biddulphiaceae is a family of diatoms, the only family in the order Biddulphiales. ^[1] The Biddulphiaceae are distinguished from the Eupodiscaceae by their pseudocelli, where the Eupodiscaceae have fully developed ocelli. ^[2] Both families commonly inhabit the littoral zone of the ocean, close to the shore. ^[3] Sixteen species of Biddulphiaceae are found on the west coast of India. ^[4]

Genera

• † Alveoflexus - N.I. Hendey & P.A. Sims, 1984
• † Ancoropsis - N.I. Hendey & P.A. Sims, 1984
• Arcusidiscus - S.Komura, 2008
• Biddulphia - S.F. Gray, 1821
• Biddulphiopsis - H.A. von Stosch & R. Simonsen, 1984
• † Donskinica - Strelnikova & Kozyrenko
• † Euodiella - P.A. Sims, 2000
• † Fenneria - J.Witkowski, 2018
• Hydrosera - G.C. Wallich, 1858
• Isthmia - C. A. Agardh, 1832
• † Medlinia - P.A. Sims, 1998
• Neohuttonia - O. Kuntze, 1898
• Pseudotriceratium - A. Grunow, 1884
• Stoermeria - J.P. Kociolek, L. Escobar & S. Richardson, 1996
• Terpsinoë - C.G. Ehrenberg, 1843
• Trigonium - P.T. Cleve, 1867

Gallery

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  Biddulphia rigida
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  Biddulphia pulchella
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  Biddulphia sp.

References

1. "Biddulphiaceae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
2. Medlin, Linda Karen; Doucette, Gregory John; Villac, Maria Célia (2008). Phytoplankton evolution, taxonomy and ecology. J. Cramer. ISBN   9783443510558.
3. Ashworth, Matt P.; Nakov, Teofil; Theriot, Edward C. (2013). "Revisiting Ross and Sims (1971): toward a molecular phylogeny of the Biddulphiaceae and Eupodiscaceae (Bacillariophyceae)". Journal of Phycology. 49 (6): 1207–1222. doi:10.1111/jpy.12131. ISSN   1529-8817. PMID   27007638. S2CID   41735118.
4. Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy; Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2014-11-21). Marine Faunal Diversity in India: Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation. Academic Press. ISBN   9780128019627.