Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) W.W.Hay & H.Mohler 1967

Publication Details
Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) W.W.Hay & H.Mohler 1967: 447, figs 1-2; pls 10-12

Published in: Hay, W.W., Mohler, H.P., Roth, P.H., Schmidt, R.R. & Boudreaux, J.E. (1967). Calcareous nannoplankton zonation of the Cenozoic of the Gulf Coast and Caribbean-Antillean area, and transoceanic correlation. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 17: 428-480.

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Publication date: 1967

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Emiliania.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt.

Source of Synonymy
Reinhardt, P. (1972). Coccolithen. Kalkiges Plankton seit Jahrmillionen. Die neue Brehm Bücheri Vol. 453. pp. 1-99, 188 figures. Wittenberg Lutherstadt: A. Ziemsen Verlag.

Basionym
Pontosphaera huxleyi Lohmann

Type Information
Type locality: "Vor Syracus. Oktober bis Mai" [Off Syracuse, Ionian coast of Sicily, Italy; May to October]; (Lohmann 1902: 130) Lectotype (designated by Archontikis & al. 2023: 1, icon: Lohmann (1902: pl. 4: figs 1–9): (Archontikis & al. 2023: 1) Notes: Epitype (designated by Archontikis & al. 2023: 2 for their lectotype): Metabolically inactivated strain RCC1853 (collected from the Ionian Sea) cryopreserved at the Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC; https://roscoff-culture-collection.org).

Eponomy
Named for Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British scientist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 October 2023

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Taxonomic note
See Bendif et al. (2014: 146) for discussion on relationship between Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. They support the proposal of Reinhard (1972) to transfer E. huxleyi into the genus Gephyrocapsa and note that Kamptner (1956) had indicated a high degree of homology of the structure of coccolith elements between the two species. Results presented in a subsequent publication by Bendif & Young (2014) support the above conclusion. - (21 January 2015) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
English Channel, North Pacific, North Sea, Baltic Sea, North Atlantic, South Pacific, Mediterranean Sea (Bendif et al., 2014: fig. 2). - (01 April 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Southern Ocean (Wake et al. 2012). - (03 August 2012) - G.M. Guiry
Bergen fjord, Norway; Iceland Basin (60ºN 20ºW); NE Atlantic (24ºN 20ºW); Gulf of Maine, U.S.A.; English Channel; Sargasso Sea; South Pacific, Australia; South Pacific, New Zealand; South Pacific, tropical; Indian Ocean, South Africa (Iglesias-Rodriguez et al., 2006). - (20 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Oceanic: Station Papa, Subarctic Pacific (Guo et al. 2012). - (25 May 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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