Calcidiscus leptoporus

Calcidiscus leptoporus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccolithales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Haptista Cladus: Haptophyta Classis: Prymnesiophyceae Ordo: Coccolithales

Familia: Calcidiscaceae
Genus: Calcidiscus
Species: Calcidiscus leptoporus
Subspecies: C. l. subsp. quadriperforatus
Forma: Calcidiscus leptoporus f. rigidus

Name

Calcidiscus leptoporus (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Loeblich & Tappan, 1978 : 1391

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Coccosphaera leptopora G.Murray & V.H.Blackman, 1898 : 439, pl. 15: figs. 1-7
• Homotypic
  • Coccolithophora leptopora (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Lohmann, 1902
  • Coccolithus leptoporus (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Schiller, 1930
  • Cyclococcolithina leptopora (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Wilcoxon
  • Cyclococcolithus leptoporus (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Kamptner, 1954
  • Umbilicosphaera leptopora (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Cohen & P.Reinhardt
• Heterotypic
  • Calcidiscus quadriforatus (Kamptner) Deflandre, 1954
  • Cycloplacolithus laevigatus Kamptner 1963

References

Primary references

• Loeblich, A.R. & Tappan, H. 1978. The coccolithophorid genus Calcidiscus Kamptner and its synonyms. Journal of Paleontology 52(6): 1390–1392. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Murray, G. & Blackman, V.H. 1898. On the nature of the coccospheres and rhabdospheres. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 190: 427–441. Reference page. 

Links

• Calcidiscus leptoporus in the World Register of Marine Species

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