Cocconeis disculus (Schumann) Cleve

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Achnanthales
Family Cocconeidaceae
Genus Cocconeis

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Publication details
Cocconeis disculus (Schumann) Cleve in Cleve & Jentzsch 1882: 139

Original publication: Cleve, P.T. & Jentzsch, A. (1882). Über einige diluviale und aluviale Diatomeenschichten Norddeutschlands. Schriften der Physikalish-ökonomischen. Ges. Königsberg 22 (1881): 129-170.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Navicula disculus Schumann

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula disculus Schumann 1862
Cocconeis thomasiana Brun 1895
Navicula scutelloides var. disculus (Schumann) Torka 1906

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cocconeis disculus (Schumann) Cleve)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Ireland (Jewson et al 2006), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal, Puig & Soler 1996), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

North America: Florida (Patrick & Reimer 1966), Iowa (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

South-west Asia: Israel (Tsarenko et al. 2000).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

(as Cocconeis thomasiana Brun)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

Source of synonymy
Ettl, H., Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. (2004). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 4. Acnanthaceae. Kritische Ergünzungen zu Achnanthes s.l., Navicula s. str., Gomphonema. pp. (vi) + 468, 93 pls.: Gustav Fischer.

Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.

Hofmann, G., Werum, M. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2013). Diatomeen im Süßwasser - Benthos von Mitteleuropa. Bestimmungsflora Kieselalgen für die ökologische Praxis. Über 700 der häufigsten Arten und ihre Ökologie. pp. [1]-908, 133 pls. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.

Jewson, D.H., Lowry, S.F. & Bowen, R. (2006). Co-existence and survival of diatoms on sand grains. European Journal of Phycology 41: 131-146.

Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1966). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Volume 1: Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Achnanthaceae, Naviculaceae. pp. 688. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cocconeis&species=disculus

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Cocconeis&Species=disculus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 578 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85088