Florisphaera Okada and Honjo 1973 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae

Full reference: H. Okada and S. Honjo. 1973. The distribution of oceanic coccolithophorids in the Pacific. Deep-Sea Research 20:355-374

Parent taxon: Ceratolithaceae according to R.W. Jordan et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Amaurolithus, Angulolithina, Ceratolithus, Nicklithus, Orthorhabdus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• NN21 of Indian Ocean (98 collections), North Pacific (26), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (34)

• Brunhes of North Pacific (9)

• G. ruber PRZ of Indian Ocean (20)

• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (434), North Atlantic (104), North Pacific (201), South Atlantic (2), South Pacific (95)

• NN16 of Indian Ocean (77), North Pacific (3), South Pacific (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (24), North Pacific (5)

• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (125), North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (77), South Atlantic (1)

• NN12 of Indian Ocean (15), North Pacific (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Pacific (5)

• Miocene of Indian Ocean (91), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (50)

• Oligocene of North Pacific (1)

Total: 1511 collections including 1527 occurrences

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