Prymnesiophyceae

Prymnesiophyceae
	Coccolithus pelagicus; (Coccolithales, fam. Coccolithaceae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Haptophyta
Class:	Prymnesiophyceae s.s.; Casper, 1972, ex Hibberd, 1976
Orders
	Coccolithales; Coccosphaerales; Isochrysidales; Phaeocystales; Prymnesiales; Syracosphaerales; 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]

References

^ 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.
^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Prymnesiophyceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

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