Gaarderia corolla (Lecal) Kleijne, 1991

Synonym names

  • Syracosphaera corolla

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Two types of caneoliths, ring of spines near the wall basis
Other remarks

Distribution: Atlantic- and Pacific Oceans, Mediterranean Sea
Life form
Solitary motile
Size
Coccolith case: 8-15 µm, micrococcoliths: 2.7-4.0 µm, macrococcoliths: 2.9-6.0 µm
Literature
Heimdal, B. R. 1993. Modern Coccolithophorids. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. pp. 147-247.
""Heimdal, B. and Gaarder, K. 1981. Coccolithophorids from the northern part of the eastern central Atlantic. II. Heterococcolithophorids. """"Meteor"""" Forsch.-Ergebnisse., 33: 37-69.""
Lecal, J. 1965. Coccolithophorids littoraux de Banyuls. Vie et Milieu., 16 (1 -B): 251-270.