Living cells (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 150-500 µm
Resting spore: -
Note:
Distinctive features: Central area and wide interstriae. Great distance between valve margin and processes
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
Boalch, G. T. 1971. The typification of the diatom species
Coscinodiscus concinnus Wm. Smith and Coscinodiscus granii
Gough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom. 51: 685-695.
Brooks, M. 1975. Studies on the genus Coscinodiscus. I. Light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy of C. concinnus Wm. Smith. Botanica Marina. 18: 1-13.
Hasle, G. R. & Lange, C. B. 1992. Morphology and distribution of Coscinodiscus species from the Oslofjord, Norway, and the Skagerrak, North Atlantic. Diatom Research. 7: 37-68.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.