A = A living cell with flagella and haptonema (=arrow), (arrowhead=stomatal coccolith) (DIC); B = Dry preparation of a coccolith case , (DIC); C = An eroded coccolith case (SEM)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 7-9,5 µm, zygolith = 1,4 X 1,0 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features:
Similar species: Helladosphaera cornifera
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Gaarder, K. 1962. Electron microscope studies on
holococcolithophorids. Nytt Mag. Bot.10: 35-51.
Heimdal, B. & Gaarder, K. 1980. Coccolithophorids from the northern part of the eastern central Atlantic. I. Holococcolithophorids. "Meteor" Forsch.-Ergebnisse. 32: 1-14.
Kamptner, E. 1937. Neue und bemerkensverte Coccolithineen aus dem Mittelmeer. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 89: 279-316.
Kamptner, E. 1941. Die Coccolithineen der Südwestküste von Istrien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 51: 54-149.