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]:
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[tax. nov.]
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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]:
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[secondary reference]
[John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64]:
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[secondary reference]
[Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. in Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. (ed.) (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists]:
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[secondary reference]
[ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008]:
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[secondary reference]
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AMANI dist.:
Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean
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Habit:
Planktonic
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Nutrition:
Autotrophic
[McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms]:
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AAL
[secondary reference]
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Usually in brackish water
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P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
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Distribution:
Qld (Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Clarence River, Lake Macquarie, Port Jackson, Botany Bay, Port Hacking, Eden), Tas., W.A. (Perth)
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Ex.distribution:
Canada (Nova Scotia), Canary Islands, North Sea, near North Pole, Germany, Philippines, New Zealand, Southern Ocean, Antarctica