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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Citation: Syracosphaera marginaporata Knappertsbusch 1993Taxonomic rank: speciesLanguage: ENType age (chronostrat): RecentStandardised type level: 160_HOLOCENEType locality: Atlantic OceanType repository: Leiden, National Herbarium (now part of Naturalis)Repository Country: The NetherlandsFarinacci catalog page (& compiler): 18090Current citation: Syracosphaera marginiporata Knappertsbusch, 1993
Editors' Notes The taxon was published as S. marginaporata by Knappertsbusch (1993) however the name as published was incorrectly formed according to ICN Art 60.8 and so the orthography should be emended to marginiporata. [M.D. Guiry written comm. 2017]
References:
Knappertsbusch, M. (1993). Syracosphaera noroiticus sp. nov., and S. marginaporata sp. nov., (Syracosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyta), new coccolithophorids from the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 12(1): 71-76. gs
Syracosphaera marginaporata: Catalog entry compiled by Richard Howe. Viewed: 21-5-2025