Chaetoceros
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2026-09-04: itis_id 2758 via WoRMS external link
Chaetoceros is a genus of diatoms in the family Chaetocerotaceae, first described by the German naturalist C. G. Ehrenberg in 1844. Species of this genus are mostly found in marine habitats, but a few species exist in freshwater.W CalCOFI holds 2,730 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1996 and 2022, across 28 taxa under it.R
- 2,730
- observations
- 15,590
- records
- 409
- sampling events
- 1996–2022
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 27
- species under it
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code
241name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code242name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code360name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code525name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code605name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code606name used: Chaetoceros diatom, centric · code618
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:148985")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:148985'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 27 taxa · Chaetoceros compressus most observed
- sp Chaetoceros compressus822
- sp Chaetoceros debilis822
- sp Chaetoceros radicans822
- sp Chaetoceros bacteriastroides820
- sp Chaetoceros lorenzianus413
- sp Chaetoceros socialis413
- sp Chaetoceros affinis412
- sp Chaetoceros constrictus412
- sp Chaetoceros costatus412
- sp Chaetoceros didymus412
- sp Chaetoceros danicus411
- sp Chaetoceros atlanticus410
- sp Chaetoceros eibenii410
- sp Chaetoceros laciniosus410
- sp Chaetoceros teres410
- sp Chaetoceros aequatorialis409
- sp Chaetoceros anastomosans409
- sp Chaetoceros borealis409
- sp Chaetoceros curvisetus409
- sp Chaetoceros dadayi409
- sp Chaetoceros decipiens409
- sp Chaetoceros messanense409
- sp Chaetoceros neogracilis409
- sp Chaetoceros peruvianus409
- sp Chaetoceros septentrionalis409
- sp Chaetoceros seychellarum409
- sp Chaetoceros tetrastichon409
Lineage 8 ranks · Chromista to Chaetocerotaceae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Stuart Humphries · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Chaetoceros · source
- Photo · John Sibley · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Chaetoceros” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372529785
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗