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An interesting association betweenNeosphaera coccolithomorphaandCeratolithus cristatus(Haptophyta)

J. AlcoberR. W. Jordan

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EcologyPhytoplanktonZoologyCeratolithusTaxonomy (biology)Plant ScienceAquatic ScienceBiologyHaptophytabiology.organism_classification

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Phytoplankton studies in the North Atlantic have revealed coccoliths of Neosphaera coccolithomorpha and Ceratolithus cristatus occurring on the same cell. This may indicate that each of these species represents a stage of one coccolithophorid life cycle, in which each phase possesses a different heterococcolith type. However, definitive evidence for this is lacking.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09541449710001719385