Comparative molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of taxa in the Chaetocerotaceae (Bacillariophyta)

Kooistra W.H.F.C., Sarno D., Hernandez-Becerril D.U., Assmy P., Di prisco C. and Montresor M. 2010. Comparative molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of taxa in the Chaetocerotaceae (Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 49: 471–500. DOI: 10.2216/09-59.1 The diatom family Chaetocerotaceae (Mediophyceae) includes two exclusively phytoplanktonic genera: Chaetoceros and Bacteriastrum. Its hallmark feature constitutes setae: hollow, spine-like appendages protruding from the valves. Chaetoceros is morphologically diverse, includes c. 400 described species and is common worldwide; whereas, Bacteriastrum includes only 11, is less common and occurs mainly in temperate and tropical seas. In the present study we gathered morphological information and/or sequence data from 86 strains belonging to 17 morphologically defined species in Chaetoceros and one in Bacteriastrum (B. cf. hyalinum). The Chaetoceros species included in this study belong to 14 of the 22 sections and two of the three subgenera: Chaeto...