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

Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt

Current name: Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt
Schematic reconstructions - 17 February 2013. Dag Klaveness

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.

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).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 14 October 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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