†family Discoasteridae (haptophyte alga)
Discoasteridae - Discoasteridae
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Cyclolithella, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: Agalmatoaster Trochoaster
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discoasteridae in the database