Octocyclus Black 1972 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae

Parent taxon: Axopodorhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Axopodorhabdus, Cleistorhabdus, Cribrocorona, Cribrosphaerella, Dekapodorhabdus, Dodekapodorhabdus, Ethmorhabdus, Hemipodorhabdus, Hexapodorhabdus, Nephrolithus, Octopodorhabdus, Perissocyclus, Perrisocyclus, Podorhabdus, Teichorhabdus, Tetrapodorhabdus

Subtaxa: Octocyclus magnus Octocyclus reinhardtii

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Type: Octocyclus magnus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Octocyclus in the database

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