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Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg 1839
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2. Biology Department, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, USA
- 3. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia
Description
Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg (1839: 129) (Fig. 8)
References: Hasle & Syvertsen 1997, figs 6a–c; pl. 15, figs 20a, b; Desikachary 1988, pl. 510, fig. 4, pl. 514, fig. 6, pl. 547, figs 1–4.
Features: Diameter 140–200 μm.
Description: Valves circular, slightly convex. Hexagonal areolae arranged in radial lines. In the center of the valve is visible characteristic rosette of larger central areolae.
Remarks: This large species is widespread in the plankton of the Gulf and is deposited on the sediment in Basra corals.
Ecology and Distribution: widely distributed pelagic species. Previously reported from the Gulf (Hendey 1970, Simonsen 1974). Frequent in Basra corals.
Notes
Published as part of Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara, 2018, Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq, pp. 111-152 in Phytotaxa 372 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13728822
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.13728826 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/13728822 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ehrenberg
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Phylum
- Ochrophyta
- Order
- Coscinodiscales
- Family
- Coscinodiscaceae
- Genus
- Coscinodiscus
- Species
- centralis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg, 1839 sec. Al-Handal, Thomas & Pennesi, 2018
References
- Ehrenberg, C. G. (1839) Uber die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1838: 59 - 147.
- Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. (1997) Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (Ed.) Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 385. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / B 978 - 012693018 - 4 / 50004 - 5
- Desikachary, T. V. (1988) Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. Atlas of diatoms. Fascicle V. Madras Science Foundation, Madras, 234 pp.
- Hendey, N. I. (1970) Some littoral diatoms of Kuwait. Nova Hedwigia 31: 101 - 168
- Simonsen, R. (1974) The diatom plankton of the Indian Ocean expedition of RV. " Meteor " 1964 - 1965. Forschungsergebnisse, Reihe D: Biologie 19: 1 - 107.