Anisodiscus adeei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coscinodiscales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophytina
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Coscinodiscanae
Ordo: Coscinodiscales

Familia: Coscinodiscaceae
Genus: †Anisodiscus
Species: †Anisodiscus adeei

Name

Anisodiscus adeei A.Mann, 1925

Etymology: Named after the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Alvey Augustus Adee (1842-1924), a skilled photographer of diatoms, who had recently died.

Note: While the other taxa in this genus are fossils from Hungary, this species was described from Philippine waters, and bears more similarity to Discostella.

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