Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Belongs to Coscinodiscus according to Ehrenberg 1841
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Coscinodiscus apiculatus, Coscinodiscus asteromphalus, Coscinodiscus curvatulus, Coscinodiscus ellipticus, Coscinodiscus excentricus, Coscinodiscus gigas, Coscinodiscus inclusus, Coscinodiscus lineatus, Coscinodiscus marginatus, Coscinodiscus minor, Coscinodiscus oculusiridis, Coscinodiscus perforatus, Coscinodiscus punctatus, Coscinodiscus rothii, Coscinodiscus subtilis, Coscinodiscus vetustissimus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (5 collections), North Pacific (21)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (20), North Pacific (167), South Pacific (5), Southern Ocean (1)
• C2 of North Pacific (2)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (15)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (8), Japan (1), North Pacific (30), Southern Ocean (3)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (2)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (15), North Pacific (26), Southern Ocean (5), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 331 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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