Coccolithophore

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title: Coccolithophore
text: Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic (self-feeding) component of the plankton community. They form a group of about 200 species, and belong either to the kingdom Protista, according to Robert Whittaker's five-kingdom system, or clade Hacrobia, according to a newer biological classification system. Within the Hacrobia, the coccolithophores are in the phylum or division Haptophyta, class Prymnesiophyceae. Coccolith
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description: Unicellular algae responsible for the formation of chalk
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccolithophore
date created: 2002-04-03T22:52:10Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T10:01:37Z
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