Coscinodiscus brasiliensis is a species of in the family Coscinodiscaceae. They are native to SãO Paulo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Paraná, Pernambuco, and Santa Catarina.
Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Definition: number of homologous sets of chromosomes in the nucleus or primary chromosome-containing compartment of the cell, each set essentially coding for all the biological traits of the organism.
