Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Coscinodiscus centralis
Coscinodiscaceae
Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenb. , legitimate, scientific
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839), Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1838: 129 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Germany (fossil)
Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand Diatoms. II. Normally Epontic and Benthic Gener. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: - [secondary reference]
John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: - [secondary reference]
Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. in Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. (ed.) (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists: - [secondary reference]
ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean
  • Nutrition: Autotrophic
  • Habit: Planktonic
McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - AAL [secondary reference]
  • Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
  • Comment: Usually in brackish water
  • Distribution: Qld (Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Clarence River, Lake Macquarie, Port Jackson, Botany Bay, Port Hacking, Eden), Tas., W.A. (Perth)
  • Ex.distribution: Canada (Nova Scotia), Canary Islands, North Sea, near North Pole, Germany, Philippines, New Zealand, Southern Ocean, Antarctica