Syracosphaera azureaplaneta
| Syracosphaera azureaplaneta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Haptista |
| Division: | Haptophyta |
| Class: | Prymnesiophyceae |
| Order: | Syracosphaerales |
| Family: | Syracosphaeraceae |
| Genus: | Syracosphaera |
| Species: | S. azureaplaneta
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| Binomial name | |
| Syracosphaera azureaplaneta Young, Bown, Cros, Hagino & Jordan, 2018
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Syracosphaera azureaplaneta is a species of coccolithophore. This oceanic phytoplankton is not common, but is widely distributed and is known to occur in all the major seas, from tropical to sub-arctic regions. It is named after the BBC TV documentary series, The Blue Planet.