IRMNG - Coscinodiscophyceae

IRMNG taxon details

Coscinodiscophyceae

IRMNG_ID

11917372 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11917372)

Classification

Authority

F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford in Round et al., 1990

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Heterokontophyta

Synonymised names

Centrales · unaccepted (non-current name)

Direct children (19)

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Order Arcanodiscales
Order Archaegladiopsidales †
Order Asterolamprales
Order Aulacoseirales
Order Corethrales
Order Coscinodiscales
Order Coscinodiscophyceae incertae sedis
Order Ethmodiscales
Order Gladiales †
Order Melosirales
Order Paraliales
Order Rhizosoleniales
Order Stellarimales
Order Stephanopyxales
Order Stictodiscales
Order Arachnoidiscales accepted as Stictodiscales (synonym)
Order Chrysanthemodiscales accepted as Stictodiscales (synonym)
Order Orthoseirales accepted as Melosirales (synonym)
Order Stictocyclales accepted as Stictodiscales (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Coscinodiscophyceae. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11917372 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-03-15 03:01:57Z

created

Rees, Tony

2025-05-12 18:43:56Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (4)
Links (1)

basis of record Medlin, L. K. (2016). Evolution of the diatoms: major steps in their evolution and a review of the supporting molecular and morphological evidence. Phycologia. 55(1): 79-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/15-105.1 [details]

taxonomy source Guiry, M. D.; Andersen, R. A.; Moestrup, Ø. (2023). Validation of the name Heterokontophyta. Notulae Algarum. 297: 1-5., available online at https://www.notulaealgarum.com/2023/documents/Notulae%20Algarum%20No.%20297.pdf [details]

name verified source Medlin, L. K. (2016). Evolution of the diatoms: major steps in their evolution and a review of the supporting molecular and morphological evidence. Phycologia. 55(1): 79-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/15-105.1 [details]

current name source Guiry, M. D.; Andersen, R. A.; Moestrup, Ø. (2023). Validation of the name Heterokontophyta. Notulae Algarum. 297: 1-5., available online at https://www.notulaealgarum.com/2023/documents/Notulae%20Algarum%20No.%20297.pdf [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Centrales)