Family Umbellosphaeraceae Young et al. 2003 (haptophyte alga)
Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Umbellosphaeraceae
Full reference: J. R. Young, M. Geisen, L. Cros, A. Kleijne, C. Sprengel, I. Probert, and J. Ostergaard. 2003. A guide to extant calcareous nannoplankton taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research Special Issue 1:1-125
Parent taxon: Syracosphaerales according to R.W. Jordan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Calciosoleniaceae, Rhabdosphaeraceae, Syracosphaeraceae
Subtaxa: Umbellosphaera
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Umbellosphaeraceae in the database