Heliorthus Brönnimann and Stradner 1960 (haptophyte alga)

Heliorthus

Full reference: P. Brönnimann and H. Stradner. 1960. Die Foraminiferen- und Discoasteriden-zonen von Kuba und ihre interkontinentale Korrelation. Erdoel-Zeitschrift 76(10):364-369

Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to P. Brönnimann and H. Stradner 1960

Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus

Subtaxa: Heliorthus tenuis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heliorthus in the database

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