Eupodiscaceae

Eupodiscaceae
Odontella aurita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Class:	Mediophyceae
Order:	Eupodiscales
Family:	Eupodiscaceae C. A. Agardh 1832
Genera
Odontella C.A. Agardh

Eupodiscaceae is a diatom family used in some classifications (Bacillariophyceae) present both in marine and freshwater habitats^[1][2] Odontella is the only genus in this family with typical marine species. However, Round et al. (1990) placed Odontella in Triceratiaceae (Schutt) Lemmermann, order Triceratiales Round and Crawford, subclass Biddulphiophycidae Round and Crawford.^[3] The taxonomic status of this family is unclear and disputed.^[1][3]

References

1. Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, pp. 858. Academic Press.
2. Simonsen, R., (1979). The diatom system: Ideas on phylogeny, Bacillaria 2:9-71.
3. Round, F. E., Crawford, R. M., Mann, D. G., (1990). The Diatoms, Biology and Morphology of the Genera, pp. 747. Cambridge University Press.

Further reading

Sims, Patricia; Witkowski, Jakub (December 2012). "Generic limits within the Eupodiscaceae: I. Observations on three unusual species of Cerataulus, with reference to the type species, C. turgidus". Diatom Research. 27 (4): 223–236. doi:10.1080/0269249X.2012.720613.