A living cell (BF)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 12-16 µm
Resting spore: -
Note:
Distinctive features: The pentagonal sides of the cell
Similar species:
Distribution: Norwegian Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Literature:
Heimdal, B. R. 1993. Modern Coccolithophorids. In: Marine
Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and
coccolithophorids/edited by Carmelo R. Tomas: 147-247.
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