Coccolithophyceae
Prymnesiophyceae is a haptophyte class. Although it was originally described by Casper in 1972, it did not receive a Latin diagnosis (a requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) until Hibberd provided one in 1976.
20 branches of this class, most-observed first
Prymnesiales
orderPrymnesiales
Coccoliths
orderCoccolithales
Isochrysidales
orderIsochrysidales
Zygodiscales
orderZygodiscales
Glaukolithus
genusGlaukolithus
Cyclicargolithus
genusCyclicargolithus
Microrhabdulaceae
familyMicrorhabdulaceae
Braarudosphaeraceae
familyBraarudosphaeraceae
Ericiolus
genusEriciolus
Eurhabdus
genusEurhabdus
Discolithus
genusDiscolithus
Arkhangelskiales
orderArkhangelskiales
Coccosphaerales
orderCoccosphaerales
Discoasterales
orderDiscoasterales
Eiffellithales
orderEiffellithales
Phaeocystales
orderPhaeocystales
Podorhabdales
orderPodorhabdales
Stephanolithiales
orderStephanolithiales
Watznaueriales
orderWatznaueriales
Syracosphaerales
orderSyracosphaerales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 828871.