Cribrocorona Perch-Nielsen 1973 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae

Parent taxon: Axopodorhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Axopodorhabdus, Cleistorhabdus, Cribrosphaerella, Dekapodorhabdus, Dodekapodorhabdus, Ethmorhabdus, Hemipodorhabdus, Hexapodorhabdus, Nephrolithus, Octocyclus, Octopodorhabdus, Perissocyclus, Perrisocyclus, Podorhabdus, Teichorhabdus, Tetrapodorhabdus

Subtaxa: Cribrocorona echinus Cribrocorona gallica

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Type: Coccolithus gallica

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cribrocorona in the database

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