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"Rod sphere" -- Rod Rhabdo- sphere -sphaera. Named by Haeckel, 1894. There are approximately 17 described species (online). |
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Rhabdosphaera Haeckel 1894; 7 of 14 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Syracosphaerales; Family Rhabdosphaeraceae, or Order Coccosphaerales, Family Rhabdosphaeraceae (Heimdal 1997). Synonym: Rhabdolithes |
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Heimdal, B.R. 1993. Modern coccolithophorids. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 731-834. San Diego: Academic Press. |