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

Chaetoceros messanense Castracane, 1875

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Chaetoceros furca*	Cleve, 1897	synonym
*Chaetoceros messanensis*	Castracane, 1875	synonym

Literature

original description	Castracane, F. (1875). Contribuzione alla florula delle Diatomee del Mediterraneo ossia esame del contenuto dello stomaco di una Salpa pinnata pescata a Messina. Atti dell'Accademia Pontificia de'Nuovi Lincei, 28: 377-396, pl. 6.
basis of record	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	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. Chaetoceros messanense Castracane, 1875. 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:418509