Citation:
Karatsolis, B., Dimiza, M., Triantaphyllou, M. Verification of theCoronosphaera mediterranea-"Zygosphaera hellenica" life-cycle association. Journal of Nannoplankton Research [Internet]. 2014;34:45-46. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/gtvgmc5
Abstract:
This is the first documentation of a combination coccosphere from samples collected in the field (North Aegean Sea, NE Mediterranean) between the heterococcolithophore species Coronosphaera mediterranea (Lohmann 1902) Gaarder in Gaarder & Heimdal (1977) and the holococcolithophore species “Zygosphaera hellenica”. This specimen verifies previous combination coccosphere evidence found in culture and again demonstrates that “Zygosphaera hellenica” can be developed from cells of Coronosphaera mediterranea in a life-cycle association.