Coscinodiscus payeri

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 payeri

Name

Coscinodiscus payeri Grunow, 1884

Etymology: Named after the Austrian explorer, Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (1841-1915), who led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition (1872-1874) with Karl Weyprecht, and discovered Franz Josef Land.

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