Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ochrophyta - (Class) Coscinodiscophyceae - (Order) Coscinodiscales - (Family) Coscinodiscaceae

Subsequent positions

coscinodiscids ([unranked]) D.G.Mann, in S.M. Adl et al. (2005)

Ref: D.G. Mann, 2005: 432.

Current position

Coscinodiscaceae (Family) Kütz. (1844)

Ref: F.E. Round et al., 1990: 126.

Alternative positions

Centricae (Order)	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987 [indirect]
coscinodiscids ([unranked]) D.G.Mann, in S.M. Adl et al. (2005)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 459). [rough position]

Historical positions

Coscinodiscids ([unranked]) D.G.Mann, in S.M. Adl et al. (2005)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 459). [rough position]
coscinodiscids ([unranked]) D.G.Mann, in S.M. Adl et al. (2005)	Ref: D.G. Mann, 2005: 432. [new position]
Diatomeae (Class) Haeckel (1889)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77). [rough position]
Coscinodiscaceae (Family) Kütz. (1844)	Ref: T. Koray, 2001: 12.
Coscinodiscaceae (Family) Kütz. (1844)	Ref: F.E. Round et al., 1990: 589.
Coscinodiscaceae (Family) Kütz. (1844)	Ref: F.E. Round et al., 1990: 126, App. I (p. 653).
diatoms ([unranked])	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Bacillariophyta (Phylum) Engl. & Gilg (1919)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 94. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

21s;4v