Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Hacrobia > Phylum Haptophyta > Subphylum Haptophytina > Class Coccolithophyceae > Subclass Prymnesiophycidae > Order Phaeocystales > Family Phaeocystaceae > Genus Phaeocystis

Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim, 1896

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaeocystis*	Lagerheim, 1893	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tetraspora pouchetii*	Hariot, 1892	basionym

Literature

basis of record	Brandt, S. (2001). Haptophytes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 76
additional source	Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
additional source	Meunier, A. (1910). Microplankton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orléans. Campagne arctique de 1907. Imprimerie scientifique Charles Bulens: Bruxelles, Belgium. 355 + atlas (XXXVII plates) pp.
additional source	Aanesen R.T., Eilertsen H.C. & Stabell O.B. 1998. Light-induced toxic properties of the marine alga Phaeocystis pouchetii towards cod larvae. Aquat. Toxicol. 40: 109-121.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Stabell O.B., Aanesen R.T. & Eilertsen H.C. 1999. Toxic peculiarities of the marine alga Phaeocystis pouchetii detected by in vivo and in vitro bioassay methods. Aquat. Toxicol. 44: 279-288.
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Meunier, A. (1919). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 4. Les Tintinnides et cœtera. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VIII(2). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 59, 2 plates pp.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
new combination reference	Lagerheim G. (1893). Phæocystis, nov. gen., grundadt på Tetraspora poucheti Har. Bot. Notiser. 1893: 32-33.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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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). Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115106