Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) W.W.Hay & H.Mohler 1967
Current name:
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt
off the Canary Islands taken on RV Poseidon cruise P233b; Scanning EM with false colour - 20 October 2006. Markus Geisen
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.
Request PDFPublication 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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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 22 November 2024
