Discoaster

Discoaster

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Haptista
Cladus: Haptophyta
Classis: Prymnesiophyceae
Ordo: †Discoasterales Hay in Ramsay, Ocean. Micropalaeontol. 2: 1147. 1977
Familia: †Discoasteraceae S.H. Tan, Leidsche Geol. Meded. 5: 93. 24 Nov 1931
Fossil-Genus: †Discoaster
Species: †Discoaster berggrenii – Discoaster monstratus

Name

Discoaster S.H. Tan, Leidsche Geol. Meded. 5: 93. 24 Nov 1931, nom. cons.

References

• Doweld, A.B. 2014. (2265–2267) Proposals to conserve the name Discoaster against Eu-discoaster, Helio-discoaster and Hemi-discoaster, and the names Heliodiscoaster and Hemidiscoaster with those spellings (fossil Prymnesiophyta (Algae) vel Haptomonada (Protista)). Taxon 63(1): 195–197. DOI: 10.12705/631.26 Reference page. 
• Discoaster in the World Register of Marine Species