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Quadrum octobrachium

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Taxonomy
Quadrum octobrachium was named by Varol (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Q. gothicum, Q. gothicum, Q. sissinghi, Q. sissinghii
Entered
by P. Bown on 2006-10-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Quadrum octobrachium Varol
1998Quadrum octobrachium Bown

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderBraarudosphaerales
familyPolycyclolithaceaeForchheimer 1972
genusQuadrumPrins and Perch-Nielsen 1977
speciesoctobrachiumVarol 1992

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.

†Quadrum octobrachium Varol 1992
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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