Candeodiscoaster R.W.Howe, 2022

Holotype species: Candeodiscoaster protomultiradiatus (W.Wei) R.W.Howe

Original publication and holotype designation: Howe, R.W. (2022). Candeodiscoaster, a new nannofossil genus (Coccolithophyceae, Discoasteraceae). Notulae Algarum 244: 1-2, no figs.

Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

Description: Circular coccoliths with a broad, low main cycle of elongate radial elements joined through most of their length, and in which the calcite c-axes are arranged such that in plan view, the cycle is not birefringent in cross-polarised light. In the central area, one or two cycles are present, which in lateral view are flush with, or lower than, the top of the main cycle. In plan view, these cycles are birefringent in cross-polarised light.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-07-13 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 September 2024