Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg 1840

Publication Details
Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg 1840: 68, pl. 3: fig. 1a-c

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über noch zahlreich jetzt lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien Preprint of Abhandlung der Könglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin aus dem Jahre 1839 [1841] with different pagination. pp. 1-94, 4 pls. Berlin.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Coscinodiscus is Coscinodiscus argus Ehrenberg.

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

Type Information
Type locality: fossil überaus häufig in Oran auch in den Kreidemergelen von Caltanisetta und Zante, lebend sehr häufig im Nordseewasser von Cuxhaven und auch in der Ostsee bei Wismar; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), radiate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 December 2023

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