Skeletonema japonicum explained

Skeletonema japonicum is a diatom. Together with S. pseudocostatum, S. tropicum, and S. grethae, it possesses external processes of its fultoportulae that have narrow tips which connect with those of sibling cells via fork-, knot-, or knuckle-like unions.^[1]

Further reading

• Kooistra, Wiebe HCF, et al. "Global diversity and biogeography of Skeletonema species (Bacillariophyta)." Protist 159.2 (2008): 177–193.
• Alverson, Andrew J., and Leanne Kolnick. "Intragenomic nucleotide polymorphism among small subunit (18s) rDNA paralogs in the diatom genus skeletonema (bacillariophyta) 1." Journal of phycology 41.6 (2005): 1248–1257.
• Vargas, Cristian A., Rubén Escribano, and Serge Poulet. "Phytoplankton food quality determines time windows for successful zooplankton reproductive pulses." Ecology 87.12 (2006): 2992–2999.

External links

• • AlgaeBase

Notes and References

1. Sarno. Diana. Kooistra. Wiebe H. C. F.. Medlin. Linda K.. Linda Medlin. Percopo. Isabella. Zingone. Adriana. Diversity in the Genusskeletonema(Bacillariophyceae). Ii. An Assessment of the Taxonomy Ofs. Costatum-Like Species with the Description of Four New Species . Journal of Phycology. 41. 1. 2005. 151–176. 0022-3646. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04067.x. 53679188 .