Ten new extant species of the coccolithophore Syracosphaera and a revised classification scheme for the genus

Micropaleontology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-462

  Kleijne, Annelies ^a   Cros, Lluïsa ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COCCOLITH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; SYRACOSPHAERA; SYRACOSPHAERA NODOSA; SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA;

EID: 77957292201     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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