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An interesting association between Neosphaera coccolithomorpha and Ceratolithus cristatus (Haptophyta)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1997

J. ALCOBER  and
R. W. JORDAN
J. ALCOBER
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain
R. W. JORDAN
Affiliation:
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, 990 Japan
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Abstract

Phytoplankton studies in the North Atlantic have revealed coccoliths of Neosphaera coccolithomorpha and Ceratolithus cristatus occurring on the same cell. This may indicate that each of these species represents a stage of one coccolithophorid life cycle, in which each phase possesses a different heterococcolith type. However, definitive evidence for this is lacking.

Keywords

Life cyclecoccolithophoridNeosphaeraCeratolithustaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
European Journal of Phycology , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 91 - 93
Copyright
© 1997 British Phycological Society

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