Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Naviculales > Family Pleurosigmataceae

Pleurosigma W. Smith, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pleurosigma angulatum (Queckett) W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma delicatulum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma directum Grunow, 1880
Pleurosigma distortum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma elongatum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma formosum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma macrum W.Smith, 1853
Pleurosigma naviculaceum Brébisson, 1854
Pleurosigma nodiferum Grunow, 1880
Pleurosigma normanii Ralfs, 1861
Pleurosigma obscurum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma salinarum (Grunow) Grunow, 1880
Pleurosigma simonsenii Hasle, 1990
Pleurosigma spectabile Grunow, 1891
Pleurosigma strigilis W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma strigosum W.Smith, 1852
Pleurosigma tenuissimum W.Smith, 1853
Pleurosigma wormleyi W.S.Sullivant, 1859

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メガネケイソウ属

Literature

original description	Smith, W. (1852). Notes on the Diatomaceae with descriptions of British Species included in the genus Pleurosigma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd series,, 9: 1-12, 2 pls.
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.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

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. Pleurosigma W. Smith, 1852. 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:149181