Scyphosphaera apsteinii
Description:
A coccolithophorid from the Ionean Sea. Coccolithophorids are plants and cover their cells with calcium carbonate plates. Lugol's-fixed specimen, DIC optics. In the gallery of Tintinnids, genus Codonellopsis, see a species that uses some of the coccoliths to cover its own shell.
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- Haptophyta
- Prymnesiophyceae
- Pontosphaeraceae
- Scyphosphaera
- Scyphosphaera apsteinii
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