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Helicopontosphaera heezenii

Taxonomy
Helicopontosphaera heezenii was named by Bukry (1971).

It was recombined as Helicosphaera heezenii by Jafar and Martini (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. kamptneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Helicopontosphaera heezenii Bukry
1975Helicosphaera heezenii Jafar and Martini p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
genusHelicopontosphaeraKamptner 1954
speciesheezeniiBukry 1971

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available