Calcidiscus Kamptner, 1950

Lectotype species: Calcidiscus quadriforatus (Kamptner) Deflandre

Currently accepted name for the type species: Calcidiscus leptoporus (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Loeblich & Tappan

Original publication: Kamptner, E. (1950). Über den submikroskopischen Aufbau der Coccolithen. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Matmatische-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 87: 152-158.

Type designated in: Deflandre, G. & Fert, C. (1955). Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie 40: 115-176, 127 figures, 15 plates.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-07-04 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 masculine.

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: 753) records this genus as a member of the Order Coccosphaerales, Family Coccolithaceae. Heimdal (1997: 778) record Calcidiscus leptoporus (Murray & Blackman) Loeblich & Tappan As the type species of this genus.

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024