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Calcidiscus

Coccolithophyceae - Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae

Taxonomy
Calcidiscus was named by Kamptner (1950). It is extant.

It was assigned to Calcidiscaceae by Young and Bown (1997); and to Prymnesiophyceae by Fujioka et al. (1998).

Entered
by M. Krause (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2013-01-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Calcidiscus Kamptner
1997Calcidiscus Young and Bown
1998Calcidiscus Fujioka et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderCoccosphaeralesHaeckel 1894
familyCalcidiscaceae
genusCalcidiscusKamptner 1950

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Calcidiscus Kamptner 1950
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Calcidiscus leptoporus Murray and Blackman 1898
Calcidiscus macintyrei Bukry and Bramlette 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available