Biology:Pleurochrysis carterae

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Pleurochrysis carterae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Haptophyta
Class:
Prymnesiophyceae
Order:
Isochrysidales
Family:
Pleurochrysidae
Genus:
Pleurochrysis
Species:
P. carterae
Binomial name
Pleurochrysis carterae

Pleurochrysis carterae is a marine species of unicellular coccolithophorid algae that has the ability to calcify subcellularly. They produce calcified scales, known as coccoliths, which are deposited on the surface of the cell resulting in the formation of a coccosphere. Pleurochrysis carterae produce heterococcoliths which are composed of crystal units of variable shapes and sizes.

See also

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7204754 entry