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Campylosphaera

Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae

Taxonomy
Campylosphaera was named by Kamptner (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coccolithaceae by Young and Bown (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Campylosphaera Kamptner
1997Campylosphaera Young and Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderCoccolithales
familyCoccolithaceae
genusCampylosphaera

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. †Campylosphaera Kamptner 1963
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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