Coscinodiscus is a genus of diatoms in the family Coscinodiscaceae. It is the type genus of its family.
Coscinodiscus | |
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Coscinodiscus radiatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Coscinodiscales |
Family: | Coscinodiscaceae |
Genus: | Coscinodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839 |
Species | |
many, see text |
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Views of the centric diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii
Light micrographs of a living cell in face view (a) and side view (b); many small discoid chloroplasts are visible. FESEM micrographs of a cleaned single valve, inner view (c) and outer view of a complete theca (d).[1] Scale bars: 50 μm.
References
edit- ^ De Tommasi, E., Congestri, R., Dardano, P., De Luca, A.C., Managò, S., Rea, I. and De Stefano, M. (2018) "UV-shielding and wavelength conversion by centric diatom nanopatterned frustules". Scientific Reports, 8(1): 1–14. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34651-w. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
External links
edit- Data related to Coscinodiscus at Wikispecies
- Media related to Coscinodiscus at Wikimedia Commons
- Coscinodiscus at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)