Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Thalassiosiranae > Order Thalassiosirales > Family Thalassiosiraceae

Minidiscus G.R. Hasle, 1973 emend Park in Park et al., 2017

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Minidiscus decoratus Chrétiennot-Dinet & Quiroga, 2004

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミニディスクス属

Literature

original description	Hasle, G.R. (1973). Thalassiosiraceae, a new diatom family. Norwegian Journal of Botany, 20(1): 67-69
basis of record	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.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
redescription	Park, J. S.; Jung, S. W.; Ki, J.-S.; Guo, R.; Kim, H. J.; Lee, K.-W.; Lee, J. H. (2017). Transfer of the small diatoms Thalassiosira proschkinae and T. spinulata to the genus Minidiscus and their taxonomic re-description. PLOS ONE. 12(9): e0181980.

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Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Minidiscus G.R. Hasle, 1973 emend Park in Park et al., 2017. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148981