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Coscinodiscus gigas
Taxonomy
Coscinodiscus gigas was named by Ehrenberg (1839). It is not extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. argus, C. asteromphallus, C. biangulatus, C. borealis, C. curvatulus, C. decrescenoides, C. decrescens, C. divisus, C. interlineatus, C. leptopus, C. lewisianus, C. monicae, C. morenoensis, C. neoradiatus, C. nitidus, C. nodulifer, C. oculoiridis, C. oculus, C. oculus-iridis, C. odontodiscus, C. ovalis, C. partitus, C. parvus, C. plicatus, C. polymorphus, C. praeyabei, C. radiatus, C. radiatus, C. rex, C. robustus, C. solidus, C. sparsus, C. stellaris, C. subaulacodiscoidalis, C. subsalsus, C. superbus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Coscinodiscus gigas Ehrenberg |
| 1976 | Coscinodiscus gigas Lakhanpal et al. |
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†Coscinodiscus gigas Ehrenberg 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||