Skeletonemataceae

Skeletonemataceae
Skeletonema costatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Thalassiosirales
Family:	Skeletonemataceae Lebour, 1930, sensu emend. [1]
Genera
Skeletonema (type) (nomen dubium): †Skeletonemopsis † Skeletonemopsis barbadense
Synonyms
Skeletonemaceae

Skeletonemataceae is a proposed family of centric diatoms in the order Thalassiosirales. There is currently only one living and one fossil genus in this family. ^[2] Their sexual reproduction is oogamous, where reproduction occurs by the union of mobile male and immobile female gametes. ^[3] They lack significant motility.

References

1. The planktonic diatoms of northern seas. MV Lebour, 1930
2. "Skeletonema | Genera - Diatoms of North America". diatoms.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
3. "Definition of oogamous | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

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