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†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

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discoasteridae in the database

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