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Prymnesiophyceae

Prymnesiophyceae is a haptophyte class. Although it was originally described by Casper in 1972, it did not receive a Latin diagnosis until Hibberd provided one in 1976.

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Prymnesiophyceae
Coccolithus pelagicus
(Coccolithales, fam. Coccolithaceae)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Haptista
Division: Haptophyta
Class: Prymnesiophyceae
Casper, 1972, ex Hibberd, 1976
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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.