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

Thalassiosira gravida Cleve, 1896

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Coscinodiscus rotulus*	(A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951	synonym
*Thalassiosira rotula*	Meunier, 1910	synonym

Children

Thalassiosira gravida Cleve, 1896 f. gravida

Literature

original description	Cleve, P.T. (1896). Diatoms from Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 22(Afd. III, 4): 22 pp., 2 pls.
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	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	Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1-306.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp.
subsequent type designation	Sar, E. A.; Sunesen, I.; Lavigne, A. S.; Lofeudo, S. (2011). Thalassiosira rotula, a heterotypic synonym of Thalassiosira gravida: morphological evidence. Diatom Research. 26(1): 109-119.

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 gravida Cleve, 1896. 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:149102