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Stephanolithion helotatus

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Stephanolithiaceae

Taxonomy
Corollithion helotatus was named by Wind and Wise (1977) [misidentification].

It was recombined as Stephanolithion helotatus by Cooper (1987), Bown (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bigoti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Corollithion helotatus Wind and Wise
1987Stephanolithion helotatus Cooper
1998Stephanolithion helotatus Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderStephanolithiales
familyStephanolithiaceaeBlack 1968
genusStephanolithionDeflandre 1939
specieshelotatus(Wind and Wise 1977)

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.

†Stephanolithion helotatus Wind and Wise 1977
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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