Is Coscinodiscus harmful?
The mucilage produced by Coscinodiscus wailesii clogs the fishing nets, therefore it is considered as potential Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) species (Mahoney and Steimi 1980). Is Coscinodiscus a phytoplankton? Coscinodiscus are a genus of diatoms. Diatoms are unicellular, photosynthetic phytoplankton whose bodies are made up of silica, or glass. … This distribution of what appears…