A = Coccospheres (PC); B = Cell viewed at two focal planes (BF); C = Cell with several layers of coccoliths (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter c. 5-10 µm, coccoliths c. 3.5X3 µm
Resting spore:
Note: With three cell types (Heimdal 1993)
Distinctive features: placolith in SEM
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.
The 1992 Norwegian Emiliania huxleyi experiment. 1994. Sarsia. 79: 285-425