Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Chaetocerotanae > Order Chaetocerotanae incertae sedis > Family Chaetocerotaceae > Genus Chaetoceros

Chaetoceros tenuissimus Meunier, 1913

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetoceros*	C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Meunier, A. (1913). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 1. Les Diatomacées: le genre "Chaetoceros". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VII(2). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 62 pp.
basis of record	Martin, J. L.; LeGresley, M. M. ; Strain, P. M. (2001). Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349. 4: 1-85.
additional source	Sar, E.A., Hernández-Becerril, D.U. & Sunesen, I. (2002). A morphological study of Chaetoceros tenuissimus Meunier, a little-known planktonic diatom, with a discussion of the section Simplicia, sugenus Hyalochaete. Diatom Research, 17(2): 327-335
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.

Genbank

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. Chaetoceros tenuissimus Meunier, 1913. 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:156623