Original descriptions of taxa. For coccolithophores, and many calcispheres, these are pages from the Farinacci & Howe Catalog of Calcareous Nannofossils. In other cases (e.g. non-calcifying haptophytes) the data is directly compiled on this site. The "Catalogue of Calcareous Nannofossils" was originally compiled by Prof A. Farinacci 1969-1989, since 2000 it has been updated and extended by Richard Howe - see The Farinacci and Howe Catalog - an Introduction.
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| Exanthemachrysis gayraliae Lepailleur 1970 = Exanthemachrysis gayraliae |
Current identification/main database link: Exanthemachrysis Lepailleur 1970
Compiled data
Original Description
Palmelloid cells are cells with a cortex, which give rise to daughter cells by a kind of budding similar to beer. Motile cells with a palmelloid habit show two unequal flagella and a non-contractile haptonema, inserted laterally to the third part of the axis that runs from the anterior to the posterior. The longer flagellum, tending to the anterior part, is tomentose, the other is smooth.
Lepailleur, H. (1970). Sur un nouveau genre de Chrysophycées: Exanthemachrysis nov. gen. (E. gayralii nov. sp.). Comptes rendus hebdomaire de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 270: 928-931. gs References:

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Exanthemachrysis: Catalog entry compiled by Jeremy Young. Viewed: 14-6-2026
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