| Coscinodiscus | |
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| Coscinodiscus radiatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Coscinodiscales |
| Family: | Coscinodiscaceae |
| Genus: | Coscinodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839 |
| Species | |
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many, see text | |
Coscinodiscus is a genus of centric diatoms in the family Coscinodiscaceae. It is the type genus of its family. There are over 200 species of Coscinodiscus.[1] Coscinodiscus argus Ehrenberg 1839 is the type species of this genus.[2]
Views of the centric diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii
Light micrographs of a living cell in face view (a) and side view (b); many small discoid chloroplasts are visible. FESEM micrographs of a cleaned single valve, inner view (c) and outer view of a complete theca (d).[3] Scale bars: 50 μm.
- ^ M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/#77954
- ^ "Coscinodiscus | Genera - Diatoms of North America". diatoms.org. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ De Tommasi, E., Congestri, R., Dardano, P., De Luca, A.C., Managò, S., Rea, I. and De Stefano, M. (2018) "UV-shielding and wavelength conversion by centric diatom nanopatterned frustules". Scientific Reports, 8(1): 1–14. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34651-w.
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