Discosphaera

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Hacrobia
Phylum: Haptophyta
Classis: Prymnesiophyceae
Ordo: Syracosphaerales
Familia: Rhabdosphaeraceae
Genus: Discosphaera
Species: Discosphaera tubifera

Name

Discosphaera Haeckel, Syst. Phylog. Protisten Pflanzen 1: 111. 23 Nov 1894, nom. cons. prop.

(non Discosphaera Dumort., Comment. Bot.: 91. 1822, nom. rej. prop.; Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales, Ascomycota, Fungi)

• Type species: Discosphaera thomsonii Ostenfeld, Zool. Anz. 22: 436. 13 Nov 1899

References

Primary references

• Haeckel, E. 1894. Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Erster Theil des Entwurfs einer systematischen Stammesgeschichte. pp. [i]–xvi, [1]–400. Berlin: Georg Reimer. DOI: 10.3931/e-rara-72554 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Doweld, A.B. 2022. (2916) Proposal to conserve the name Discosphaera Haeckel (Rhabdosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyta, Algae) against Discosphaera Dumort. (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales, Ascomycota, Fungi). Taxon 71(5): 1112. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12801 Reference page. 

Links

• Discosphaera in the World Register of Marine Species

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