Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiales
Full reference: G. F. Papenfuss. 1955. Classification of the algae. A century of progress in the natural sciences, 1853-1953 115-224
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to B. Edvardsen et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Watznaueriales, Eiffellithales, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Goniolithaceae, Sphenolithus, Arkhangelskiales, Discoasteroides, Lapideacassaceae, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Cyclicargolithus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prymnesiales in the database