MSBIAS taxon details
Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839
- Species Coscinodiscus concinnus W.Smith, 1856
- Species Coscinodiscus granii Gough, 1905
- Species Coscinodiscus perforatus Ehrenberg, 1844
- Species Coscinodiscus angustelineatus Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus asteromphalus Ehrenberg, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus bathyomphalus Cleve, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus decrescens Grunow, 1878 accepted as Charcotiella grunowii S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus gracilis Karsten, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus oculus-iridis (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1840 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus pavillardii Forti, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg, 1840 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus sol C.G.Wallich, 1860 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus stellaris Tempère & Peragallo, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus subbulliens E.G.Jörgensen, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus wailesii Gran & Angst, 1931 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Coscinodiscus commutatus Grunow, 1884 accepted as Coscinodiscopsis commutata (Grunow) E.A.Sar & I.Sunesen, 2008 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Coscinodiscus jonesianus (Greville) Ostenfeld, 1915 accepted as Coscinodiscopsis jonesiana (Greville) E.A.Sar & I.Sunesen, 2008
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2026). DiatomBase. Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148917 on 2026-04-19
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148917 on 2026-04-19
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Round, F.E.; Crawford, R.M.; Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms: biology and morphology of the genera. Cambridge University Press: London, UK. ISBN 0-521-363187. 747 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
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