Nannotax3 - ntax_cenozoic - Calyptrosphaera heimdaliae

Citation: Calyptrosphaera heimdaliae Norris, 1985

Distinguishing features: Tube and cover sharply separated; cover elevated with openings at base and apex

Morphology: Liths pointed domes, hexagonal mesh fabric; large openings above tube, and often a circular apical opening.

Biology & life-cycles: Possible combination coccosphere with Cyrtosphaera aculeata illustrated by Triantaphyllou et al. 2016

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant Data source: present in the plankton (Young et al. 2003)
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source:

References:

Cros, L. & Fortuño, J. -M. (2002). Atlas of northwestern Mediterranean coccolithophores. Scientia Marina. 66: 1-186. gs V O

Norris, R. E. (1985). Indian Ocean nanoplankton. II. Holococcolithophorids (Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyceae) with a review of extant genera. Journal of Phycology. 21: 619-641. gs

Okada, H. & McIntyre, A. (1977). Modern coccolithophores of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. Micropaleontology. 23(1): 1-55. gs

Triantaphyllou, M. et al. (2016). Coccolithophore combination coccospheres from the NE Mediterranean Sea: new evidence and taxonomic revisions. Micropaleontology. 61(6): 457-472. gs

Winter, A., Reiss, Z. & Luz, B. (1979). Distribution of living coccolithophore assemblages in the Gulf of Elat ('Aqaba). Marine Micropaleontology. 4: 197-223. gs

Young, J. R., Geisen, M., Cros, L., Kleijne, A., Probert, I. & Ostergaard, J. B. (2003). A guide to extant coccolithophore taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, Special Issue. 1: 1-132. gs V O

Tags	LITHS: holococcolith, elliptical, hollow, CA: pores, process, closed, CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: V-prominent, R-prominent,
Metrics	Lith size: 2->3.2µm; Coccosphere size: 10->11µm; Liths per sphere: 30->44 Data source notes: morphom data from Cros & Fortuño (2002)

Calyptrosphaera heimdaliae

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