Minidiscus

Category

Centric
Class

Bacillariophyceae
Order

Thalassiosirales
Family

Thalassiosiraceae

Type Species

Minidiscus trioculatus (F.J.R.Taylor) Hasle

Contributor

Tom Frankovich - Apr 2022

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Citations & Links

Citations

Fernandes, L. F. and Correr-Da-Silva, F. (2020) Diversity and distribution of nanoplanktonic Minidiscus (Bacillariophyta) in shelf waters of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Diatom Research 35: 327-338

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2020.1845807
Guiry, M.D. (2021) AlgaeBase Guiry, M.D. and Guiry, G.M., World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
Hasle, G.R. (1973) Thalassiosiraceae, a new diatom family. Norwegian Journal of Botany 20: 67-69
Hasle, G.R. and Syvertsen, E.E. (1997) Marine Diatoms. In: Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 5-385.
Kaczmarska, I., Lovejoy, C., Potvin, M. and Macgillivary, M. (2009) Morphological and molecular characteristics of selected species of Minidiscus (Bacillariophyta, Thalassiosiraceae). European Journal of Phycology 44: 461-475

Publication Link: 10.1080/09670260902855873
Li, Y., Xiao-Hui, G. and Lundholm, N. (2020) Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Minidiscus (Bacillariophyceae), with description of Mediolabrus gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 56: 1443-1456

Publication Link: 10.1111/jpy.13038
Park, J.S., Jung, S.W., Ki, J-S., Guo, R., Kim, H.J., Lee, K-W. and Lee, J.H. (2017) Transfer of the small diatoms Thalassiosira proschkinae and T. spinulata to the genus Minidiscus and their taxonomic re-description. PLoS One 12(9 e0181980) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181980

Publication Link: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181980
Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990) The Diatoms. Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 747 pp.
Taylor, F.J.R. (1967) Phytoplankton of the south western Indian Ocean. Nova Hedwigia 12: 433-476

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Frankovich, T. (2022). Minidiscus. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved November 17, 2025, from https://diatoms.org/genera/minidiscus

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