WoRMS name details
Melosira costata Greville, 1866
163389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:163389)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
Skeletonema costatum f. costata (Greville) Cleve, 1873 · uncertain > unassessed
Stephanopyxis costata (Greville) Hustedt, 1956 · uncertain > unassessed
marine
Greville, R.K. (1866). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XIX. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 14: 77-86, pls VIII & IX
page(s): p. 77; pl. 8, fig. 3-6 [details]
page(s): p. 77; pl. 8, fig. 3-6 [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. Melosira costata Greville, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163389 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Greville, R.K. (1866). Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XIX. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 14: 77-86, pls VIII & IX
page(s): p. 77; pl. 8, fig. 3-6 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): p. 77; pl. 8, fig. 3-6 [details]
basis of record 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
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source of synonymy
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]
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Stephanopyxis costata (Greville) Hustedt, 1956)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Skeletonema costatum f. costata (Greville) Cleve, 1873)
To GenBank (39937 nucleotides; 16985 proteins)
To PESI
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Stephanopyxis costata (Greville) Hustedt, 1956)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS) (from synonym Skeletonema costatum f. costata (Greville) Cleve, 1873)
To GenBank (39937 nucleotides; 16985 proteins)
To PESI
