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

Thalassiosira minima Gaarder, 1951

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thalassiosira*	P.T. Cleve, 1873 emend. Hasle, 1973	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Gaarder, K.R. (1951). Bacillariophyceae from the “Michael Sars” North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910. Vol. II, no.2. Report on the Scientific Results of the “Michael” Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910. University of Bergen., 36 pp., 20 fig., 5 tab.
original description	Hasle, G.R. (1980). Examination of Thalassiosira type material: T. minima and T. delicatula (Bacillariophyceae). Norwegian Journal of Botany, 27(3): 167-173
basis of record	Muylaert, K.; Sabbe, K. (1996). The diatom genus Thalassiosira (Bacillariophyta) in the estuaries of the Schelde (Belgium/The Netherlands) and the Elbe (Germany). Botanica Marina. 39: 103-115.
additional source	Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. 1: 155-186.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.

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. Thalassiosira minima Gaarder, 1951. 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:148925