WoRMS taxon details
Coccolithus E.H.L.Schwarz, 1894
AphiaID: 178598
AphiaID: 178598
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Hacrobia (Subkingdom) > Haptophyta (Phylum) > Prymnesiophyceae (Class) > Coccolithales (Order) > Coccolithaceae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Coccolithaceae Poche, 1913 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Coccosphaera Wallich, 1877 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Heimdal, B.R. (1997). Modern coccolithophorids, in: Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. pp. 731-833 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Coccolithus doronicoides M.Black & B.Barnes Species Coccolithus formosus (Kamptner) S.W.Wise Species Coccolithus miopelagicus Species Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich) J.Schiller, 1930 Species Coccolithus carteri (Wallich) Kamptner, 1941 accepted as  Species Coccolithus fragilis (Lohmann) Schiller, 1930 accepted as Oolithotus fragilis (Lohmann) Martini & C.Müller, 1972 Species Coccolithus huxleyi (Lohmann) Kamptner, 1943 accepted as Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) W.W.Hay & H.P.Mohler, 1967 Species Coccolithus leptoporus (Murray & Blackman) Schiller, 1930 accepted as Calcidiscus leptoporus (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Loeblich Jr.& Tappan, 1978 Species Coccolithus neohelis McIntyre & Bé, 1967 accepted as Cruciplacolithus neohelis (McIntyre & Bé) Reinhardt, 1972 Species Coccolithus sibogae (Web. v Bos.) Schill accepted as Umbilicosphaera sibogae (Weber-van Bosse) Gaarder, 1970 Species Coccolithus tenuis Kamptner, 1937 accepted as Umbellosphaera tenuis (Kamptner) Paasche, 1955 | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178598 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Coccolithus E.H.L.Schwarz, 1894. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178598 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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