Prymnesiophyceae

PaleoDB taxon number: 87650

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to J. R. Young et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Coccolithales, Discoasterales, Isochrysidales, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Zygodiscales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Goniolithaceae, Watznaueriales, Eiffellithales, Lapideacassaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Sphenolithus, Calcidiscus, Podorhabdales, Stephanolithiales, Arkhangelskiales, Eodiscoaster

Subtaxa: Calciosoleniaceae, Rhabdosphaeraceae, Syracosphaeraceae

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"