Original descriptions of taxa - also emended descriptions for a few 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: Syracosphaerineae Boudreaux & Hay 1969Taxonomic rank: suborder
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Syracosphaerineae Boudreaux & Hay 1969 (basionym)
Original Description Diagnosis: Motile coccolithophores, exhibiting a loose cover of delicately constructed, usually highly perforate coccoliths; coccoliths do not interlock, and may not touch each other, so that areas of coccolith-free cell surface are exposed; between crossed polarizers, the coccoliths produce an interference figure.
References:
Boudreaux, J. E. & Hay, W. W. (1969). Calcareous nannoplankton and biostratigraphy of the late Pliocene-Pleistocene-Recent sediments in the Submarex cores. Revista Española de Micropaleontología. 1(3): 249-292. gsO
Syracosphaerineae: Catalog entry compiled by <% compiler %>. Viewed: 15-8-2026