Braarudosphaera bigelowii
| Braarudosphaera bigelowii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Haptophyta |
| Class: | Prymnesiophyceae |
| Order: | Coccosphaerales |
| Family: | Braarudosphaeraceae |
| Genus: | Braarudosphaera |
| Species: | B. bigelowii |
| Binomial name | |
| Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Gran & Braarud) Deflandre | |
Braarudosphaera bigelowii is a coastal coccolithophore in the fossil record going back 100 million years. The family Braarudosphaeraceae are single-celled coastal phytoplanktonic algae with calcareous scales with five-fold symmetry, called pentaliths. With 12 sides, it has a dodecahedral structure, approximately 10 micrometers across.[1]
References
- ↑ Discovery of an Endosymbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium UCYN-A in Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Prymnesiophyceae), Kyoko Hagino, Ryo Onuma, Masanobu Kawachi, Takeo Horiguchi, December 4, 2013
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