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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Chromista
Division: Haptophyta
Class: Prymnesiophyceae
Order: Coccolithales
Family: Pleurochrysidaceae
Genus: Chrysotila
Species: carterae
Authority: (Braarud & Fagerland) Christensen

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Origin

Morocco (Atlantic Coast)
33° 54' 2" N , 7° 57' 10" W
Climate zone: Temperate
Habitat: Coastal
Ocean: North Atlantic
Country: Maroc

Identity

Distributed: Yes
Holotype: No
Axenic: No
Clonal: Yes
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: No
Ecotoxicology: No
Teaching: No
Ecosystem marker: No
rARN 18S sequence available: Yes
Genbank: AJ544120 (18S)

Morphology

Flagellate: Yes
Wall: Coccosphere

Culture

Isolation date: mai 1983
Isolation previous code: HAP1
Culture medium: ES
Conservation method: Liquid
Growth temperature: 16
Growth light: 75
Purity: No
Contaminant type:

small heterotroph

Bibliography

- Saez, A.G., Zaldivar-Riveron, A., Medlin, L.K. (2008) Molecular systematics of the Pleurochrysidaceae, a family of coastal coccolithophores (Haptophyta). Journal of Plankton Research 30(5) 559-566. - Medlin et al (2008) A molecular clock for coccolithophores and implications for selectivity of phytoplankton extinctions across the K/T boundary. Marine Micropaleontology 67, 69-86 - M. Thabard, B. Véron, R.L. Fletcher, C. Hellio (2009). Screening of biological activities of extracts of Ralfia verrucosa, Petalonia fascia and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyceae, Scytosiphonales) for potential antifouling application - Electronic Journal of Natural Substances 4 : 1-10 -Edvardsen et al. (2011). Ribosomal DNA phylogenies and a morphological revision provide the basis for a revised taxonomy of the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 46 (3): 202-228