Solisphaera Bollmann, M.Y.Cortés, Kleijne, J.B.Østerg. & Jer.R.Young, 2006

Holotype species: Solisphaera emidasia Bollmann, M.Y.Cortés, Kleijne, J.B.Østerg. & Jer.R.Young

Original publication and holotype designation: Bollmann, J., Cortes, M.Y., Kleijne, A., Ostergaard, J.B. & Young, J.R. (2006). Solisphaera gen. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new coccolithophore genus from the lower photic zone. Phycologia 45: 465-477.

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Description: Small coccolithophores with monothecate, probably, hemispherical coccospheres; polymorphic with coronal coccoliths and two or more types of body coccoliths. The coronal coccoliths form a circular corona around the coccosphere. They are planoliths with an oblong base and a longitudinally-aligned protrusion, formed of small rhombic elements, arranged in an anticlockwise, imbricate pattern. The coronal coccoliths are arranged with their long -axes parallel to the corona; the ends of adjacent coronal coccoliths overlap and lock into a small constriction at the base of the protusion of the adjacent coccolith. The body coccoliths are elliptical to polygonal planoliths; they may have a rim constructed of a single cycle of tangential, lath-shaped elements. They are heavily or lightly-calcified and may bear a protrusion.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-04-03 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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