Coccolithophora Lohmann, 1902: 93, 137
Holotype species: Coccolithophora pelagica (Wallich) Lohmann
Original publication:Lohmann, H. (1902). Die Coccolithophoridae, eine Monographie der Coccolithen bildenden Flagellaten, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Mittelmeerauftriebs. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1: 89-165, pls IV-VI.
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Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of .
Numbers of names and species: There are 4 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Coccolithophora fragilis Lohmann S
Coccolithophora leptopora (Murray & Blackman) Lohmann S
Coccolithophora pelagica (Wallich) Lohmann S - type
Coccolithophora wallichii Lohmann S
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.
