coccosphere
See also: coccosphère
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek a grain, seed + English sphere.
Noun
editcoccosphere (plural coccospheres)
- (biology) A small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.
- 2013, Hans R. Thierstein, Jeremy R. Young, Coccolithophores: From Molecular Processes to Global Impact, page 303:
- Knappertsbusch et al. (1997) redefined the C. leptoporus morphotype concept of Knappertsbusch (1990) by measureing the coccosphere diameter and mean coccolith diameter of an additional 63 coccospheres.