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Diatom BM 0002814

Classification
Scientific name: Coscinodiscus foraminosus Grev.
Author: Grev.
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Coscinodiscophyceae
Order: Coscinodiscales
Family: Coscinodiscaceae
Genus: Coscinodiscus
Species: foraminosus
Higher classification: Ochrophyta; Coscinodiscophyceae; Coscinodiscales; Coscinodiscaceae
Location
Locality: Cambridge
State province: Saint Joseph
Country: Barbados
Continent: North America
Higher geography: North America; Barbados; Saint Joseph
Collection event
Recorded by: H.Johnson
Record number: s.n.
Collection date: 1862
Identification
Type status: Type
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Coscinodiscus foraminosus Grev. Yes
Entogonia davyana (Grev.) Grev. No
Triceratium lineatum Grev. No
Aulacodiscus inflatus Grev. No
Specimen
Catalogue number: Diatom BM 0002814
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Diatoms
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4738459
Collection kind: Microscope Prep.
Zoology
Barcode: 013494196
Record
Occurrence ID: a6ffb9a3-24fd-4c49-b4a2-76b353c61255
Modified: 2025-05-23T17:47:46+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T12:25:34+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T12:25:34+00:00
Last updated 2025-05-23T17:47:46+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb