Transfer of the small diatoms Thalassiosira proschkinae and T. spinulata to the genus Minidiscus and their taxonomic re-description

• Joon Sang Park,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Marine Ecosystem and Biological Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Ansan, Republic of Korea

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Seung Won Jung,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Library of Marine Samples, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje, Republic of Korea

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• Jang-Seu Ki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Ruoyu Guo,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Current address: Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Biopress Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao Shi, China

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Hyun Jung Kim,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Library of Marine Samples, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje, Republic of Korea

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• Kyun-Woo Lee ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kyunu@kiost.ac.kr

  Affiliation Marine Ecosystem and Biological Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Ansan, Republic of Korea

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• Jin Hwan Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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