Coccolithales

Coccolithales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Haptista
Division:	Haptophyta
Class:	Prymnesiophyceae
Order:	Coccolithales ; Schwarz
Families
	Calcidiscaceae ; Calyptrosphaeraceae ; Coccolithaceae ; Hymenomonadaceae ; Pleurochrysidaceae ; Reticulosphaeraceae

Last updated November 20, 2025

Coccolithales is an order of Haptophyceae.^[1] The Coccolithales has long been considered one of only two orders in the Coccolithophyceae, the other order being the Isochrysidales.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Order: Coccolithales (Taxonomy Browser)
↑ Hans R. Thierstein; Jeremy R. Young (2004). Coccolithophores : from Molecular Processes to Global Impact. Berlin [u.a.]: Springer. ISBN 978-3540219286.
↑ Juliet Brodie; Jane Lewis (2007). Unravelling the algae : the past, present, and future of algal systematics. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC. ISBN 978-0849379895.

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[1] Order: Coccolithales (Taxonomy Browser)

[2] Hans R. Thierstein; Jeremy R. Young (2004). Coccolithophores : from Molecular Processes to Global Impact. Berlin [u.a.]: Springer. ISBN 978-3540219286.

[3] Juliet Brodie; Jane Lewis (2007). Unravelling the algae : the past, present, and future of algal systematics. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC. ISBN 978-0849379895.

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