Coscinodiscus payeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coscinodiscales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: TSAR 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.

References

• Grunow, A. 1884. Die Diatomeen von Franz Josefs-Land. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien 48: 53-112. Reference page. 

• Coscinodiscus payeri in the World Register of Marine Species