Coscinodiscus evermanni

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: Coscinodiscus
Species: Coscinodiscus evermanni

Name

Coscinodiscus evermanni Hanna & Grant, 1926

Etymology: Named after the Director of the California Academy of Sciences, Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), who organised the expedition to Mexico.

References

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