Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Gephyrocapsa oceanica
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
	Coccolithus oceanicus (Kamptner) Kamptner, 1955 ; Coccolithus doronicoides M.Black & B.Barnes, 1961 ; Crenalithus doronicoides (M.Black & B.Barnes) P.H.Roth, 1973 ;

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]

References

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

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