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

Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaeocystis*	Lagerheim, 1893	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Scherffel A. 1899. Phaeocystis globosa n.sp. (Vorl. Mitt.) Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 17: 317-318.
basis of record	TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database
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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Qi Y., Xu N, Wang Y., Lu S., Chen J. & Wang Z. (2002). Phaeocystis globosa, its taxonomy and blooms in China. Xth Int. Conf. Harmful Algae, St. Pete Beach October 2002, Book of Abstracts. p. 237.
ecology source	Peperzak, L.; Gäbler‐Schwarz, S. (2012). Current knowledge of the life cycles of Phaeocystis globosa and Phaeocystis antarctica (Prymnesiophyceae). Journal of phycology. 48(3): 514-517.
ecology source	Koppelle, S.; López-Escardó, D.; Brussaard, C. P.; Huisman, J.; Philippart, C. J.; Massana, R.; Wilken, S. (2022). Mixotrophy in the bloom-forming genus Phaeocystis and other haptophytes. Harmful Algae. 117: 102292.
ecology source	Wang, X.; Song, H.; Wang, Y.; Chen, N. (2021). Research on the biology and ecology of the harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa in China: Progresses in the last 20 years. Harmful Algae. 107: 102057.
ecology source	Tang, K. W. (2003). Grazing and colony size development in Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae): the role of a chemical signal. Journal of Plankton Research. 25(7): 831-842.
ecology source	Kornmann, P. (1955). Beobachtungen an Phaeocystis-Kulturen. Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 5(2): 218-233.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).

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). Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899. 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:160538