Skeletonemopsis Sims 1994 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae - Thalassiosirales - Skeletonemaceae

Full reference: P.A. Sims. 1994. Skeletonemopsis, a new genus based on the fossil species of the genus Skeletonema Grev. Diatom Research 9(2):387-410

Parent taxon: Skeletonemaceae according to M. D. Guiry and G. M. Guiry 2021

See also Sims 1994

Sister taxa: Detonula, Skeletonema

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Southern Ocean (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Southern Ocean (3)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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