EPPO Global Database

Phaeocystis antarctica(PEOCAN)

Overview
Code created in: 2010-05-22

Basic information

EPPO Code: PEOCAN
Preferred name: Phaeocystis antarctica
Authority: Karsten

Notes

A keymember of the phytoplankton communities of the southern oceans.

Taxonomy

Kingdom Chromista ( 1CHROK )

Phylum Haptophyta ( 1HAPTP )

Class Prymnesiophyceae ( 1PRYMC )

Order Prymnesiales ( 1PRYMO )

Genus Phaeocystis ( 1PEOCG )

Species Phaeocystis antarctica ( PEOCAN )