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Ochrosphaera


Classification: ntax_main -> Coccolithales -> Hymenomonadaceae -> Ochrosphaera
Sister taxa: Hymenomonas, Jomonlithus, Ochrosphaera

Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)Granddaughter taxa
Ochrosphaera neapolitana
See generic diagnosis
O. neapolitana overgrown
O. neapolitana pseudocysts

Ochrosphaera sp.
Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species


Taxonomy:
Citation: Ochrosphaera Schussnig, 1930
Taxonomic rank: genus
Type species: Ochrosphaera neapolitana Schussnig, 1930

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Hymenomonadaceae): 2N: cells motile, bearing muroliths with open central-area; proximal and distal flanges variably developed. Coccosphere large, monomorphic with many small coccoliths. Neritic. N: non-calcifying.
This taxon: Coccoliths with well-developed basal flange and sometimes with distal flange

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
Ochrosphaera *


Morphology:
coccoliths vari-monomorphic some are vase-shaped with proximal flange and simple distal margin, others with variably developed distal flange

Ecology & Biogeography
Littoral, predominantly non-motile

Search data:
LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: vacant,
CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, V-prominent,
Lith size: 1->2.5µm;
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: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Fresnel, J. & Probert, I. (2005). The ultrastructure and life cycle of the coastal coccolithophorid Ochrosphaera neapolitana (Prymnesiophyceae). European Journal of Phycology. 40(1): 105-122. gs

Gayral, P. & Fresnel-Morange, J. (1971). Resultats preliminaires sur la structure et la biologie de la coccolithacee Ochrosphaera neapolitana Schussnig. Comptes rendus hebdomaire de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 273: 1683-1686. gs

Inouye, I. & Chihara, M. (1980). Laboratory culture and taxonomy of Hymenomonas coronata and Ochrosphaera verrucosa (Class Prymnesiophyceae) from the Northwest Pacific. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo. 93: 195-208. gs

Schussnig, B. (1930). Ochrosphaera neapolitana, nov. gen., nov. spec., eine neue Chrysomonade mit Kalkhülle. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift. 79: 164-170. gs


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Ochrosphaera compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 14-2-2026

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