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Braarudosphaera bigelowii

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae

Taxonomy
Pontosphaera bigelowii was named by Gran and Braarud (1935) [misidentification].

It was recombined as Braarudosphaera bigelowii by Deflandre (1947), Bown (1998), Tunik et al. (2004), Pérez Panera (2013), González Estebenet et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bigelow, B. bigelowi, B. bigelowi, B. discula, B. discula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pontosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud
1947Braarudosphaera bigelowii Deflandre
1998Braarudosphaera bigelowii Bown
2004Braarudosphaera bigelowii Tunik et al.
2013Braarudosphaera bigelowii Pérez Panera
2021Braarudosphaera bigelowii González Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
familyBraarudosphaeraceaeDeflandre 1947
genusBraarudosphaeraDeflandre 1947
speciesbigelowii(Gran and Braarud 1935)

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.

†Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
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Diagnosis
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