WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Coccolithophyceae

AphiaID

592906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592906)

Classification

Authority

Rothmaler, 1951

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Haptophytina

Synonymised names

Prymnesiida · unaccepted (synonym)

Prymnesiophyceae · unaccepted

Prymnesiophyta · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (5)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Order Braarudosphaerales
Order Coccosphaerales
Genus Pileolosphaera K.J.S.Meier, Kinkel & Jer.R.Young, 2014
Order Prinsiales
Subclass Prymnesiophycidae

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Rothmaler, W. (1951). Die Abteilungen und Klassen der Pflanzen. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 54: 256-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.19510540208 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Coccolithophyceae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592906 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-01-02 13:42:06Z

created

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-01-06 11:27:23Z

changed

Gordon, Dennis

2021-03-31 08:21:28Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2024-01-24 08:21:54Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree] [list species] [clear cache]

Nomenclature

original description Rothmaler, W. (1951). Die Abteilungen und Klassen der Pflanzen. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 54: 256-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.19510540208 [details]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]