Pictures taken in lab by PC students from a water sample from Race Rocks
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophyceae
Class: Coscinodiscophyceae
Order: Coscinodiscales
Family: Coscinodiscaceae Kützing, 1844
Genus: Coscinodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839
Species: radiatus?
Coscinodiscus radiatus
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
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