Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Coccosphaerales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Tetralithus, Discoasteroides, Prymnesiophycidae, Sphenolithus, Arkhangelskiales, Eiffellithales, Podorhabdales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Stephanolithiales, Goniolithaceae, Lapideacassaceae, Syracosphaerales, Cyclicargolithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: Eodiscoaster danicus
Type: Eodiscoaster danicus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eodiscoaster in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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