Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg (1843: 412)

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara, 2018, Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq, Phytotaxa 372 (2), pp. 111-152 : 116

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scientific name	Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg (1843: 412)
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Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg (1843: 412) ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 2–10 )

References: Hendey 1964, p. 78, pl. 22, fig.2; Desikachary 1988, pl. 537, figs 1–4, pl. 538, figs 1–6.

Features: Diameter 41–70 μm.

Description: Valves circular, convex with large hexagonal areolae arranged in quincunx structure. Marginal areolae smaller in size, central area absent. Valve margin broad.

Remarks: Deposited from the plankton.

Ecology and Distribution: A widely distributed pelagic species. Previously reported from the Gulf ( Al-Kandari et al. 2009). Frequent in Basra corals.

References

Al-Kandari, M., Al-Yamani, F. & Al-Rifaie, K. (2009) Marine Phytoplankton Atlas of Kuwait's Waters. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, 354 pp.

Desikachary, T. V. (1988) Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. Atlas of diatoms. Fascicle V. Madras Science Foundation, Madras, 234 pp.

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1843) Verbreitung und Einflufs des mikroskopischen Lebens in Sud-und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291 - 445.

Hendey, N. I. (1964) An Introductory Account of the Smaller Algae of British Coastal Waters, Part V: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 317 pp.

FIGURES 2–10. Marine benthic diatoms in the coral reefs off Basra. Fig. 2. Cyclotella striata, Fig. 3. Cyclotella stylorum, Fig. 4. Tryblioptychus cocconeiformis, Figs 5, 6. Podosira stelliger, Fig. 7. Paralia sulcata, Fig. 8. Coscinodiscus centralis, Fig. 9. Coscinodiscus marginatus, Fig. 10. Triceratium robertsianum.