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Thalassiosira rotula Meunier, 1910
148942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148942)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Coscinodiscus rotulus (A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951 · uncertain > unassessed
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Distribution Temperate species, but probably cosmopolitan if regarded, with T. gravida as a single species
Distribution Temperate species, but probably cosmopolitan if regarded, with T. gravida as a single species [details]
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. (2026). DiatomBase. Thalassiosira rotula Meunier, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148942 on 2026-07-29
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Meunier, A. (1910). Microplankton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orléans. Campagne arctique de 1907. Imprimerie scientifique Charles Bulens: Bruxelles, Belgium. 355 + atlas (XXXVII plates) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
context source (HKRMS) Lam CWY. & Ho KC. (1988). Phytoplankton characteristics of Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 6. pp 5-18. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Hulburt, E. M.; Ryther, J. H.; Guillard, R. R. L. (1960). The phytoplankton of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda Also In: The Plankton Ecology and Related Chemistry and Hydrography of the Sargasso Sea Progress Report: Sep. 1957 - Apr. 1959 AEC Contract No. AT(30-1)-2078. Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer, 15: 115-128, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/25.2.115 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Rojas de Mendiola, B. (1981). Seasonal phytoplankton distribution along the Peruvian coast. In F. A. Richards (Ed.). <em>Coastal upwelling.</em> (Coastal and Estuarine Science, Vol. 1, pp. 348–356). American Geophysical Union., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/co001p0348 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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). <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 39: 103-115. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.103 [details] Available for editors [request]
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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
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. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [details]
additional source Meunier, A. (1915). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 2. Les Diatomacées (suite) (Le Genre Chaetoceros excepté). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VII(3). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 182 pp. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
source of synonymy Sar, E. A.; Sunesen, I.; Lavigne, A. S.; Lofeudo, S. (2011). Thalassiosira rotula, a heterotypic synonym of Thalassiosira gravida: morphological evidence. <em>Diatom Research.</em> 26(1): 109-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2011.573691 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Lam CWY. & Ho KC. (1988). Phytoplankton characteristics of Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 6. pp 5-18. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Hulburt, E. M.; Ryther, J. H.; Guillard, R. R. L. (1960). The phytoplankton of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda Also In: The Plankton Ecology and Related Chemistry and Hydrography of the Sargasso Sea Progress Report: Sep. 1957 - Apr. 1959 AEC Contract No. AT(30-1)-2078. Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer, 15: 115-128, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/25.2.115 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Rojas de Mendiola, B. (1981). Seasonal phytoplankton distribution along the Peruvian coast. In F. A. Richards (Ed.). <em>Coastal upwelling.</em> (Coastal and Estuarine Science, Vol. 1, pp. 348–356). American Geophysical Union., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/co001p0348 [details] Available for editors
[request]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). <em>Botanica Marina.</em> 39: 103-115. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.103 [details] Available for editors
[request]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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
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. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [details]
additional source Meunier, A. (1915). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 2. Les Diatomacées (suite) (Le Genre Chaetoceros excepté). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VII(3). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 182 pp. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
source of synonymy Sar, E. A.; Sunesen, I.; Lavigne, A. S.; Lofeudo, S. (2011). Thalassiosira rotula, a heterotypic synonym of Thalassiosira gravida: morphological evidence. <em>Diatom Research.</em> 26(1): 109-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2011.573691 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [details]Distribution Temperate species, but probably cosmopolitan if regarded, with T. gravida as a single species [details]
Habitat pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]
Importance most abundant phylum of algae [details]
Morphology yellow brown in color, not green [details]
Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]
Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Coscinodiscus rotulus (A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassiosira rotula)
To GenBank (81198 nucleotides; 37210 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Coscinodiscus rotulus (A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Coscinodiscus rotulus (A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassiosira rotula)
To GenBank (81198 nucleotides; 37210 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Coscinodiscus rotulus (A.F.Meunier) Cleve-Euler, 1951)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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