Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Hyalodiscaceae
Hyalodiscaceae R.M. Crawford in Round et al. 1990
Full reference: F. E. Round, R. M. Crawford, and D. G. Mann. 1990. The diatoms biology and morphology of the genera.
Parent taxon: Melosirales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Endictyaceae, Melosiraceae, Stephanopyxidaceae, Trochosiraceae
Subtaxa: Hyalodiscus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (1 collection), South Pacific (1)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (5), North Pacific (102), South Pacific (4)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (2), North Pacific (4), South Pacific (1)
• Miocene of North Pacific (4), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Southern Ocean (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (2)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 136 collections including 149 occurrences