Florisphaera His.Okada & Honjo, 1973
Holotype species: Florisphaera profunda His.Okada & Honjo
Publication details: His.Okada & Honjo, 1973: 373
Original publication and holotype designation: Okada, H. & Honjo, S. (1973). The distribution of oceanic coccolithophorids in the Pacific. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts 20(4): 355-374, 13 figures, 2 tables, 2 plates.
Request PDFThe most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-05-23 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.
Comments: Heimdal (1997: 754) records this genus as a member of the Order Coccosphaerales but records the family as incertae sedis.
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 June 2025
