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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Current identification/main database link: Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenberg 1836) Kretschmann et al. 2015
Compiled data
Schiller, J. (1914). Bericht über Ergebnisse der Nannoplanktonuntersuchungen anlässlich der Kreuzungen S.M.S. Najade in der Adria. Internationale Revue für die gesamte Hydrobiologie. 6: 1-15. gs References:

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Rhabdosphaera brevispina: Catalog entry compiled by Anna Farinacci. Viewed: 15-7-2026
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