Tortolithus polygonatus Görka 1963 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Alternative combination: Discolithus polygonatus

Belongs to Tortolithus according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Tortolithus caistorensis, Tortolithus furlongii, Tortolithus hallii, Tortolithus pagei

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tortolithus polygonatus in the database

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