| Gephyrocapsa oceanica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
| Class: | Coccolithophyceae |
| Order: | Isochrysidales |
| Family: | Noelaerhabdaceae |
| Genus: | Gephyrocapsa |
| Species: | G. oceanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner, 1943 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Gephyrocapsa oceanica is a species of coccolithophorid. [1] It is the type species of the genus Gephyrocapsa. The species is an important Pleistocene biostratigraphic marker. [2]
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