Discoaster
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Discoaster is a genus of fossil haptophytes.
Species
Some species in this genus include:- D. asymmetricus Gartner
- D. bellus Bukry and PercivalJohn PercivalJohn Percival known as Mad Jack Percival was a legendary officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, the campaign against West Indies pirates, and the Mexican-American War.-Biography:Born in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, Percival left home at thirteen to...
- D. berggrenii Bukry
- D. bollii MartiniAlessandro MartiniAlessandro Martini was an Italian businessman, founder of one of the most important vermouth companies in the world, Martini & Rossi, which produces the Martini vermouth....
and Bramlette - D. brouweri Bramlette and RiedelLudwig RiedelLudwig Riedel was a German botanist.Riedel came to Brazil in 1811, invited to participate in the expedition organized by the German-Russian physician, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer Baron von Langsdorff...
- D. calcaris Gartner
- D. exilis Martini and Bramlette
- D. hamatus Martini and Bramlette
- D. intercalaris Bukry
- D. loeblichii Bukry
- D. neohamatus Bukry and Bramlette
- D. neorectus Bukry
- D. pentaradiatus (Tan) Bramlette and Riedel
- D. quintatus Gartner
- D. surculus Martini and Bramlette
- D. toralus EllisJob Bicknell EllisJob Bicknell Ellis was a pioneering North American mycologist known for his study of the Ascomycetes, especially the grouping of fungi called the Pyrenomycetes . Born and raised in New York, he worked as a teacher and farmer before developing an interest in mycology...
, Lohmann and Wray - D. triradiatus Tan
- D. variabilis Martini and Bramlette