Skeletonema

Skeletonema
Skeletonema costatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
Superphylum:	Heterokonta
Class:	Coscinodiscophyceae
Order:	Thalassiosirales
Family:	Skeletonemataceae
Genus:	Skeletonema R.K. Greville, 1865
Species
Skeletonema ardens Sarno & Zingone, 2007 Skeletonema barbadense Greville, 1865 † Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873 Skeletonema dohrnii Sarno & Kooistra, 2005 Skeletonema grethae Zingone & Sarno, 2005 Skeletonema grevillei Sarno & Zingone, 2005 Skeletonema japonicum Zingone & Sarno, 2005 Skeletonema marinoi Sarno & Zingone, 2005 Skeletonema menzelii Guillard, Carpenter & Reimann, 1974 Skeletonema mirabile Grunow ex Van Heurck, 1882 Skeletonema munzelii Guillard, Carpeuter & Reimann, 1974 Skeletonema potamos (C.I.Weber) Hasle, 1976 Skeletonema probabile A.P.Jousé Skeletonema pseudocostatum L.K.Medlin, 1991 Skeletonema stylifera Brun Skeletonema subsalsum (Cleve-Euler) Bethge, 1928 Skeletonema tropicum Cleve, 1900

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

References

• Descriptionsof New and Rare Diatoms. RK Greville, Journal of Microscopy, 1865
• Descriptions of new genera and species of Diatoms from Hongkong. RK Greville, Journal of Natural History, 1865

External links

• Skeletonema at WoRMS