Cestodiscus fennerae

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: †Cestodiscus
Species: †Cestodiscus fennerae

Name

Cestodiscus fennerae N.I.Strelnikova & E.Fourtanier in Strelnikova et al., 2001

Etymology: Named after the German micropaleontologist, Juliane Fenner, who previously referred to the taxon as Cestodiscus sp. 3 (Fenner, 1981).

References

  • Fenner, J. 1981. Diatoms in the Eocene and Oligocene sediments off NW-Africa. Their stratigraphic and paleogeographic occurrences. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kiel, Germany: 1–231. Reference page. 
  • Strelnikova, N.I., Fourtanier, E., Kociolek, J.P. & Barron, J.A. 2001. Ultrastructure studies of Coscinodiscus and Cestodiscus species from the Eocene and Oligocene. In: Lange-Bertalot-Festschrift: Studies on Diatoms (R. Jahn, J.P. Kociolek, A. Witkowski & P. Compère, eds), Gantner, Ruggell. Distributed by Koeltz Scientific Books: 63-96. Reference page.