Perissocyclus Black 1971 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae

Parent taxon: Axopodorhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown 1998

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

Subtaxa: Perissocyclus fenestratus Perissocyclus fletcheri Perissocyclus noeliae Perissocyclus plethotretus Perissocyclus tayloriae

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Type: Perissocyclus noeliae

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Perissocyclus in the database

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