Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Hacrobia > Phylum Haptophyta > Subphylum Haptophytina > Class Coccolithophyceae > Subclass Prymnesiophycidae > Order Coccolithales > Family Calyptrosphaeraceae

Balaniger Thomsen & Oates, 1978

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Balaniger balticus H.A.Thomsen & K.Oates, 1978
Balaniger virgulosus (Manton & J.Sutherland) H.A.Thomsen & J.B.Østergaard, 2014

Literature

original description	Thomsen, H. A.; Oates, K. (1978). Balaniger balticus gen. et sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae) from Danish coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 58: 773-779.
basis of record	Heimdal, B.R. (1997). Modern Coccolithophorids. In: C.R. Tomas (ed.). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. pp. 731-831. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1991-1997). South Scandinavian Marine Protoctista.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Balaniger Thomsen & Oates, 1978. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115077