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

Skeletonema R.K. Greville, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873
Skeletonema dohrnii Sarno & Kooistra, 2005
Skeletonema grethae Zingone & Sarno, 2005
Skeletonema japonicum Zingone & Sarno, 2005
Skeletonema marinoi Sarno & Zingone, 2005
Skeletonema menzelii Guillard, Carpenter & Reimann, 1974
Skeletonema pseudocostatum L.K.Medlin, 1991
Skeletonema subsalsum (Cleve-Euler) Bethge, 1928
Skeletonema tropicum Cleve, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スケレトネマ属

Literature

original description	Greville, R.K. (1865). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XVI. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 13: 43-57, pls V & VI
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	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 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	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 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. Skeletonema R.K. Greville, 1865. 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:149073