Thalassiosira punctigera (Castracane) Hasle
Publication details
Thalassiosira punctigera (Castracane) Hasle 1983: 602
Original publication: Hasle, G.R. (1983). Thalassiosira punctigera (Castr.) comb. nov., a widely distributed marine planktonic diatom. Nordic Journal of Botany 3: 593-608.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thalassiosira is Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii Cleve.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ethmodiscus punctiger Castracane
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ethmodiscus punctiger Castracane 1886
Coscinodiscus punctiger (Castracane) H.Peragallo 1889
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ethmodiscus japonicus Castracane
Coscinodiscus angstii Gran 1931
Thalassiosira japonica Kisselev 1935
Thalassiosira angstii (Gran) Makarova 1971
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Coscinodiscus punctiger (Castracane) H.Peragallo)
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
(as Thalassiosira angstii (Gran) Makarova)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003).
(as Thalassiosira punctigera (Castracane) Hasle)
Scotland: Scotland (Harris, Medlin, Lewis & Jones 1995).
Europe: France (Méléder et al. 2007 
), Germany (Kühn & Brownlee 2005, Hoppenrath et al. 2007), Netherlands (Chepurnov et al 2006).
North America: California (Fryxell 1978 ), Mexico (Aké-Castillo, Hernández-Becerril & Meave del Castillo 1999 ), Washington (Fryxell 1978 ).
Central America: Baja California (Hernández-Becerril & Tapia Peña 1995 ), Gulf of California (Hernández-Becerril & Tapia Peña 1995 ).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
Asia: China Sea (Li et al. 2013), Korea (Lee 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Hallegraeff 1984 ).
Key references
Chepurnov, V.A., Mann, D.G., von Dassow, P., Armbrust, E.V., Sabbe, K., Dasseville, R. & Vyverman, W. (2006). Oogamous reproduction, with two-step auxosporulation in the centric diatom Thalassiosira punctigera (Bacillariophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 845-858.
Gómez, F. & Souissi, S. (2010). The diatoms Odontella sinensis, Coscinodiscus wailesii and Thalassiosira punctigera in the European Atlantic: recent introductions or overlooked in the past?. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 19: 1424-1433.
Gómez, F. (2008). Phytoplankton invasions: comments on the validity of categorizing the non-indigenous dinoflagellates and diatoms in European Seas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 620-628.
Harris, A.S.D., Medlin, L.K., Lewis, J. & Jones, K.J. (1995). Thalassiosira species (Bacillariophyceae) from a Scottish sea-loch. European Journal of Phycology 30(2): 117-131, 36 figs, 2 tables.
Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.
Hoppenrath, M., Beszteri, B., Drebes, G., Halliger, H., Van Beusekom, J.E.E., Janisch, S., & Wiltshire, K.H. (2007). Thalassiosira species (Bacillariophyceae, Thalassiosirales) in the North Sea at Helgoland (Germand Bight) and Sylt (North Frisian Wadden Sea) - a first approach to assessing diversity.. European Journal of Phycology 42: 271-288.
Hoppenrath, M., Elbrächter, M. & Drebes, G. (2009). Marine phytoplankton Selected microphytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. pp. [1]-264, figs 1-87. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Kühn, S.F. & Brownlee, C. (2005). Membrane organisation and dynamics in the marine diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii (Bacillariophyceae). Botanica Marina 48: 297-305.
Lee, J.H. (2012). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 3, Number 6. Chrysophyta: Bacillariophyceae: Centrales: Thalassiosiraceae, Rhizosoleniaceae. Marine diatoms II. pp. [1-6], 1-110, figs 1-70. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.
Li, Y., Zhao, Q. & Lü, S. (2013). The genus Thalassiosira off the Guangdong coast, South China Sea. Botanica Marina 56(1): 83-110.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Thalassiosira&species=punctigera
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Thalassiosira&Species=punctigera
Created: 22 April 2003 by Mairead Murphy
Verified by: 20 May 2013 by Wendy Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Chepurnov, V.A., Mann, D.G., von Dassow, P., Armbrust, E.V., Sabbe, K., Dasseville, R. & Vyverman, W. (2006). Oogamous reproduction, with two-step auxosporulation in the centric diatom Thalassiosira punctigera (Bacillariophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 845-858.
Gómez, F. & Souissi, S. (2010). The diatoms Odontella sinensis, Coscinodiscus wailesii and Thalassiosira punctigera in the European Atlantic: recent introductions or overlooked in the past?. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 19: 1424-1433.
Hasle, G.R. (1983). Thalassiosira punctigera (Castr.) comb. nov., a widely distributed marine planktonic diatom. Nordic Journal of Botany 3: 593-608.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:79473
