Coccolithus eminens Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Belongs to Coccolithus according to Bramlette and Sullivan 1961

See also González Estebenet et al. 2021 and Perch-Nielsen 1971

Sister taxa: Coccolithus bidens, Coccolithus consuetus, Coccolithus expansus, Coccolithus formosus, Coccolithus grandis, Coccolithus occultatus, Coccolithus pelagicus, Coccolithus solitus, Coccolithus staurion, Cyclococcolithina, Cyclococcolithus reticulatus, Cyclococcolithus luminis, Cyclococcolithus formosus, Tremalithus oamaruensis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coccolithus eminens in the database

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