Prymnesiophyceae

Prymnesiophyceae
Coccolithus pelagicus (Coccolithales, fam. Coccolithaceae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Haptista
Division:	Haptophyta
Class:	Prymnesiophyceae Casper, 1972, ex Hibberd, 1976
Orders
†Arkhangelskiellales Braarudosphaerales Coccolithales Coccosphaerales †Discoasterales †Eiffellithales Isochrysidales Phaeocystales †Podorhabdales Prymnesiales Syracosphaerales †Watznaueriales Zygodiscales
Synonyms
Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951 Haptophyceae s.s. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980 Patelliferea Cavalier-Smith, 1993

Prymnesiophyceae is a haptophyte class. ^[1] Although it was originally described by Casper in 1972, it did not receive a Latin diagnosis (a requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) until Hibberd provided one in 1976. ^[2]

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References

1. Lewis, Jane; Brodie, Juliet (2007). Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algae systematics. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 186. ISBN   0-8493-7989-X.
2. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Prymnesiophyceae". AlgaeBase . University of Galway.