IRMNG - Coccolithophyceae

IRMNG taxon details

Coccolithophyceae

IRMNG_ID

11905033 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11905033)

Classification

Authority

Rothmaler, 1951

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Haptophyta

Synonymised names

Haptophyceae · unaccepted

Prymnesiida · unaccepted (zoological equivalent name;...)

zoological equivalent name; botanical treatment currently preferred in IRMNG

Prymnesiophyceae · unaccepted

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Order Arkhangelskiales †
Order Braarudosphaerales
Order Coccolithales
Order Coccolithophyceae incertae sedis
Order Coccosphaerales
Order Discoasterales †
Order Eiffellithales †
Order Isochrysidales
Order Phaeocystales
Order Podorhabdales †
Order Prymnesiales
Order Putative Palaeozoic nannofossils (unaccepted) †
Order Stephanolithiales
Order Syracosphaerales
Order Unallocated nannoliths †
Order Watznaueriales †
Order Zygodiscales
Order Coccolithophyceae (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Order Prinsiales accepted as Isochrysidales (synonym)
Order Rhabdosphaerales accepted as Syracosphaerales (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951 has priority over Prymnesiophyceae Casper ex Hibberd, 1976 and Haptophyceae Christensen...

Taxonomic remark Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951 has priority over Prymnesiophyceae Casper ex Hibberd, 1976 and Haptophyceae Christensen ex P.C. Silva, 1980, and is the recommended name for this class according to Silva et al., 2007. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Coccolithophyceae. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11905033 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-03-28 17:41:40Z

created

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

additional source Young, J. R.; Bown, P. R.; Lees, J. A. (eds). Nannotax3 website. International Nannoplankton Association (2020 version). Available online at http://www.mikrotax.org/Nannotax3/.
note: deals with extant and fossil coccolithophores and related fossils (nannoliths, etc.) [details]

additional source Silva, P. C.; Throndsen, J.; Eikrem, W. (2007). Revisiting the nomenclature of Haptophytes. Phycologia. 46(4): 471-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/07-22.1 [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

Unreviewed

To WoRMS (from synonym Prymnesiophyceae)