Wigwamma arctica


Classification: ntax_cenozoic -> Coccolith families inc sed -> Papposphaeraceae -> Wigwamma -> Wigwamma arctica
Sister taxa: W. annulifera, W. antarctica, W. arctica, W. armatura, W. triradiata, W. sp.

Taxonomy:

Citation: Wigwamma arctica Manton et al., 1977
Rank: Species
Variants: In material from the northern hemisphere each wigwam rod is attached to an enlarged crystallite in the rim, as a result the coccoliths have a pentagonal profile.
Specimens from the Weddell Sea are triangular in profile since the rim crystallites where each wigwam rod is attached are not enlarged.

Distinguishing features: Monomorphic, all liths with wigwam of 4 rods.

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: W. arctica *


Size: Cell 4-6 µm; liths, ca. 1.5-2 µm

Search data:
TagsLITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, process, diagonal cross,
CSPH: equant, elongated, monomorphic,
MetricsLith size: 1.5->2µm;
Data source notes: lith size (BC diameter) from OD
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

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: [JRY rough estimate]

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Manton, I., Sutherland, J. & Oates, K. (1977). Arctic coccolithophorids: Wigwamma arctica gen. et sp. nov. from Greenland and Arctic Canada; W. annulifera sp. nov. from South Africa and S. Alaska and Calciarcus alaskensis gen. et sp. nov. from S. Alaska. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 197(1127): 145-168. gs

Thomsen, H. A. (2016). Baltic Sea coccolithophores – an overview of insights into their taxonomy and ecology from the last 40 years. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(2): 97-119. gs V O

Thomsen, H. A., Ostergaard, J. B. & Heldal, M. (2013). Coccolithophorids in polar waters: Wigwamma spp. revisited. Acta Protozoologica. 52: 237-256. gs V O

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

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Wigwamma arctica compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 1-3-2021

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