Living cells (BF)
Life-form: Solitary with two flagella
Size: Diameter = 9-13 µm
Resting spore: -
Note:
Distinctive features: Spherical cells with horn-like stomatal coccoliths and lower ordinary coccoliths.
Similar species:
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Heimdal, B. R. 1993. Modern Coccolithophorids. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.)
Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and
coccolithophorids. p. 147-247.
Norris, R. E. 1984. Indian Ocean nannoplankton. I. Rhabdosphaeraceae (Prymnesiophyceae) with a review of extant taxa. Journal of Phycology 20: 27-41.