Discolithus exilis Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Belongs to Discolithus according to Bramlette and Sullivan 1961

Sister taxa: Pontosphaera exilis, Pontosphaera multipora, Pontosphaera obliquipons, Pontosphaera pulchra, Discolithus solidus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discolithus exilis in the database

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