Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Coscinodiscanae > Order Asterolamprales > Family Asterolampraceae > Genus Spatangidium

Spatangidium arachne Brébisson, 1857

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spatangidium*	A. de Brébisson, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asteromphalus arachne*	(Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861	synonym

Literature

original description	Brébisson, A. de (1857). Refermant la description de quelques nouvelles Diatomées observées dans le Guano de Pérou, et formant genre Spatangidium. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 1st series, Caen, 2: 292-298, pl. III
original description	Hernández-Becerril, D.U. (1992). Reinstatement of the diatom genus Spatangidium (Bacillariophyta): the type species S. arachne. Phycologia, 31(3/4): 278-284, 14 figs.
basis of record	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
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.

Genbank

Citation

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. (2025). DiatomBase. Spatangidium arachne Brébisson, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573597