Zygosphaera Kamptner 1936 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Full reference: E. Kamptner. 1936. Über die Coccolithineen der Südwestküste von Istrien. Anzeiger der (Kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 73:243-247

Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to E. Kamptner 1936

Sister taxa: Acuturris, Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Octolithus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zygosphaera in the database

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