Coscinodiscus is a genus of diatoms in the family Coscinodiscaceae. It is the type genus of its family.
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Views of the centric diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii Light micrographs of a living cell in face view (a) and side view (b); many small discoid chloroplasts are visible. FESEM micrographs of a cleaned single valve, inner view (c) and outer view of a complete theca (d). Scale bars: 50 μm.
