Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Brand L. E. (1982) Genetic variability and spatial patterns of genetic differentiation in the reproductive rates of the marine coccolithophores Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. Limmnol. Oceanogr. 27, 236-245. 

Conte M. H., Thompson A., Eglinton G., and Green J. C. (1995) Lipid biomarker diversity in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Prymniesiophyceae) and the related species Gephyrocapsa oceanica. J. Phycol. 31, 272-282. 

Conte M. H., Thompson A., Lesley D., and Harris R. P. (1998a) Generic and physiological influences on the alkenone/ alkenoate versus growth temperature relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. Geochim. Cosmo-chim. Acta 62, 51—68. 

Volkman J. K., Barrett S. M., Blackburn S. I., and Sikes E. L. (1995) Alkenones in Gephyrocapsa oceanica impUcations for studies of paleoclimate. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 513-520. 

Yamamoto M., Shiraiwa Y., and Inouye I. (2000) Physiological responses of lipids in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica (Haptophyceae) to growth status and their impUcations for alkenone paleothermometry. Org. Geochem. 31, 799-811. 

Figure 1 Electron microscope images of some major coccolithophore species (a) Coccolithus pelagicus, (b) Calcidiscus quadriperforatus, (c) Emiliania huxleyi, (d) Gephyrocapsa oceanica, (e) Florisphaera profunda, (f) Discosphaera tubifera.

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