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Chrysochromulina vexillifera Manton & Oates, 1983

Nanoplankton

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Haptophyta

Class
Prymnesiophyceae

Order
Prymnesiales

Family
Chrysochromulinaceae

Genus
Chrysochromulina

Species
vexillifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz, Bartolome, Baltra, Santa Fe and Isabela (Manton & Oates, 1983).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Manton, I., Oates, K. (1983) Nanoplankton from the Galapagos Islands: Chrysochromulina vexillifera sp. nov.(Haptophyceae= Prymnesiophyceae), a species with semivestigial body spines. Botanica Marina. Vol (26): 517-525

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