Description

DISCUSSION B. stylifera differs from all up to now known Braarudosphaera taxa by its very high slightly tapering outline, resembling a pentagonal pyramid with truncated top, the margin sides of which are often slightly bowed inward (Fig. 18 B). Both pentagonal ends can clearly be observed viewed from above when over-focusing and under-focusing with the microscope.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Chromista

Phylum: Haptophyta

Class: Prymnesiophyceae

Order: Coccosphaerales

Family: Braarudosphaeraceae

Genus: Braarudosphaera

Species: Braarudosphaera stylifera Troelsen & Quadros, 1971