Coccolithales

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Coccolithales
Coccolithus pelagicus 2.jpg
Scientific classification
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Coccolithales

Schwarz 1932
Families

Calcidiscaceae
Coccolithaceae
Hymenomonadaceae
Pleurochrysidaceae
Reticulosphaeraceae

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

  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.