†Coccolithus occultatus Locker 1967 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Coccolithus according to Locker 1967
See also González Estebenet et al. 2021 and Perch-Nielsen 1971
Sister taxa: Coccolithus bidens, Coccolithus consuetus, Coccolithus eminens, Coccolithus expansus, Coccolithus formosus, Coccolithus grandis, Coccolithus pelagicus, Coccolithus solitus, Coccolithus staurion, Cyclococcolithus reticulatus, Cyclococcolithus luminis, Cyclococcolithina, Cyclococcolithus formosus, Tremalithus oamaruensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coccolithus occultatus in the database
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