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]

Gephyrocapsa oceanica
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Coccolithus oceanicus (Kamptner) Kamptner, 1955
  • Coccolithus doronicoides M.Black & B.Barnes, 1961
  • Crenalithus doronicoides (M.Black & B.Barnes) P.H.Roth, 1973
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of Gephyrocapsa oceanica[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Gephyrocapsa oceanica". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. ^ Bolli, Hans M.; Saunders, John B.; Perch-Nielsen, Katharina, eds. (1989). Plankton stratigraphy. Vol. 1. assisted by Karin E. Fancett (paperback ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. p. 513. ISBN 0521367190.
  3. ^ Monteiro, Fanny M.; Bach, Lennart T.; Brownlee, Colin; Bown, Paul; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.; Poulton, Alex J.; Tyrrell, Toby; Beaufort, Luc; Dutkiewicz, Stephanie; Gibbs, Samantha; Gutowska, Magdalena A. (July 2016). "Why marine phytoplankton calcify". Science Advances. 2 (7): e1501822. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501822. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 4956192. PMID 27453937.