Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Hacrobia > Phylum Haptophyta > Subphylum Haptophytina > Class Coccolithophyceae > Subclass Prymnesiophycidae > Order Syracosphaerales > Family Syracosphaeraceae > Genus Syracosphaera

Syracosphaera molischii J.Schiller, 1925

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Syracosphaera*	Lohmann, 1902	accepted genus name
*Gaarderia*	A.Kleijne, 1993	synonym

Species group names

*Caneosphaera molischii*	(Schiller) Gaarder, 1977	synonym

Literature

original description	Schiller, J. (1925). Die planktonischen Vegetationen des adriatischen Meeres. A. Die Coccolithophoriden-Vegetation in den Jahren 1911-14 (Nach den Ergebnissen der österreichischen Adriaforschung in den Jahren 1911-1914). Archiv für Protistenkunde, 51(1): 1-130, 25 figures, 10 tables, 9 plates.
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	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp.
source of synonymy	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.

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). Syracosphaera molischii J.Schiller, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236039