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Skeletonema

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Description

Skeletonema is a genus of diatoms in the family Skeletonemataceae. It is the type genus of its family.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletonema, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3193372	https://www.gbif.org/species/3193372
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	71273	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71273

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Thalassiosirales : Skeletonemataceae : Skeletonema

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Diatomophyceae : Centrales : Skeletonema

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Chrysophyta
class	Diatomophyceae
order	Centrales
genus	Skeletonema	R.K.Greville 1865

Scientific Name

Skeletonema R.K.Greville, 1865

Name Published In

Greville, R.K. (1865). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XVI. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 13: 43-57, pls V & VI

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Skeletonema	genus	belongs to Centrales	implied	Cervato, 2005

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Centrales)

Motility

passively mobile (based on Centrales)

Diet

photoautotroph (based on Centrales)

Reproduction

asexual (based on Centrales)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Centrales)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Cervato. 2005. personal opinion.

Common Name(s)

スケレトネマ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletonema

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Skeletonema alternans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema ardens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema barbadense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema costatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema cylindraceum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema denticulatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema ditylum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema dohrnii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema grethae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema grevillei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema hungaricum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema japonicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema marinoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema mediterraneum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema menzelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema mirabile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema munzelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema ocellatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema ornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema penicillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema polychaeta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema potamos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema probabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema pseudocostatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema punctatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema rhizosolenia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema simbirskianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema spinosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema styliferum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema subantarctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema subsalsum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema tropicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema utriculosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Skeletonema ventricosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sceletonema Greville, 1865	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Thalassiosirales : Skeletonemataceae : *Sceletonema*
Skeletomena	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Thalassiosirales : Skeletonemataceae : *Skeletomena*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2005	Skeletonema Cervato

References

Cervato C. (2005) personal opinion.

Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19. - via World Register of Marine Species

Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Bengt Karlson (2008) Bearbetad lista över encelliga organismer i marin miljö. Listan följer Algaebase (http://www.algaebase.org) och har bearbetats av Bengt Karlson (SMHI). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Greville, R.K. (1865). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XVI. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 13: 43-57, pls V & VI - via World Register of Marine Species

Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Greville, R.K. (1865). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XVI. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 13: 43-57, pls V & VI - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Round, F.E. et al. (1990) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J.P. (1999) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Fourtanier, Elisabeth, and J. Patrick Kociolek, 1999: Catalogue of the Diatom Genera. Diatom Research, vol. 14, no. 1. 1-190. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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