Skeletonema grethae

Skeletonema grethae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade: Bacillariophyta
Class: Thalassiosirophyceae
Order: Thalassiosirales
Family: Thalassiosiraceae
Genus: Skeletonema
Species:
S. grethae
Binomial name
Skeletonema grethae
Zingone & Sarno, 2005

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.