Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae > Superorder Coscinodiscanae > Order Coscinodiscales > Family Coscinodiscaceae

Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Coscinodiscus angustelineatus Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1878
Coscinodiscus apiculatus Ehrenberg, 1844
Coscinodiscus argus Ehrenberg, 1839
Coscinodiscus asteromphalus Ehrenberg, 1844
Coscinodiscus balticus (Grunow) Grunow ex Cleve, 1891
Coscinodiscus bathyomphalus Cleve, 1883
Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg, 1844
Coscinodiscus concinnus W.Smith, 1856
Coscinodiscus curvatulus Grunow ex A.Schmidt, 1878
Coscinodiscus divisus Grunow, 1878
Coscinodiscus eccentricus Ehrenberg, 1840
Coscinodiscus gracilis Karsten, 1905
Coscinodiscus granii Gough, 1905
Coscinodiscus granulosus Grunow
Coscinodiscus hyalinus Grunow, 1880
Coscinodiscus kryophilus Grunow, 1884
Coscinodiscus kuetzingii A.Schmidt, 1878
Coscinodiscus lacunosus A. Berg, 1952
Coscinodiscus lacustris Grunow
Coscinodiscus lineatus Ehrenberg, 1841
Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg, 1844
Coscinodiscus neoradiatus Cleve-Euler, 1941
Coscinodiscus nitidus W.Gregory, 1857
Coscinodiscus nobilis Grunow, 1879
Coscinodiscus nordenskioldii (Cleve) Cleve-Euler, 1951
Coscinodiscus normanii Gregory ex Greville, 1859
Coscinodiscus obscurus A.Schmidt, 1878
Coscinodiscus oculus Ehrenberg, 1840
Coscinodiscus oculus-iridis (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1840
Coscinodiscus pavillardii Forti, 1922
Coscinodiscus perforatus Ehrenberg, 1844
Coscinodiscus polyacanthus auct.
Coscinodiscus polychordus Gran, 1897
Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg, 1840
Coscinodiscus rothii (Ehrenberg) Grunow
Coscinodiscus sol C.G.Wallich, 1860
Coscinodiscus stellaris Tempère & Peragallo, 1912
Coscinodiscus striatus Kützing, 1844
Coscinodiscus subbulliens E.G.Jörgensen, 1905
Coscinodiscus sublineatus Grunow, 1884
Coscinodiscus subsalsus Juhlin-Dannfelt, 1882
Coscinodiscus subtilis Ehrenberg, 1841
Coscinodiscus trioculatus F.J.R.Taylor, 1966
Coscinodiscus wailesii Gran & Angst, 1931

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Japanese: コスキノディスクス属

Literature

original description	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.
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.
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.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

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. (2025). DiatomBase. Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148917