Bacillariophyceae - Paraliales - Paraliaceae
Full reference: R. M. Crawford. 1988. A reconsideration of Melosira arenaria and M. teres resulting in a proposed new genus Ellerbeckia. Algae and the Aquatic Environment 413-433
Parent taxon: Paraliales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Pseudopodosiraceae, Radialiplicataceae
Subtaxa: Distephanosira Paralia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (15 collections), North Pacific (32), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (1)
• Neodenticula seminae of North Pacific (1)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (1)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (46), North Pacific (583), South Atlantic (3), South Pacific (35), Southern Ocean (75), Sweden (1)
• C2 of North Pacific (4)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (19)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (2), Southern Ocean (6)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Indian Ocean (16), Japan (2), North Pacific (78), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (38)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (3)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Southern Ocean (2)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Indian Ocean (21), Japan (1), North Pacific (10), Southern Ocean (115), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Southern Ocean (3)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (5)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Canada (66: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 1195 collections including 1316 occurrences