Skeletonema grethae

Skeletonema grethae is a species of diatom. Together with S. pseudocostatum, S. tropicum, and S. japonicum, 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]

Skeletonema grethae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Thalassiosirales
Family:	Skeletonemataceae
Genus:	Skeletonema
Species:	S. grethae
Binomial name
Skeletonema grethae Zingone & Sarno, 2005