A living cell (BF)
Life-form: Solitary with two flagella
Size: About 13 µm
Resting spore: -
Note:
Distinctive features: Flattened ellipsoidal cells with two rows of equatorial coccoliths projecting nearly at right angles to each other.
Similar species: Algirosphaera quadricornu
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Gaarder, K. & Hasle, G. 1971. Coccolithophorids of the gulf of
Mexico. Bull. of Marine Science. 21: 519-544.
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.