Gephyrocapsa crassipons
Gephyrocapsa crassipons Okada & McIntyre, 1977
Length: 1.6µm
Bridge angle to major axis: ~30°
Small species of Gephyrocapsa are characterised by a central area narrower than the pelaga and a bridge spanning it, oriented at a low angle to the major axis of the placolith.
Okada, H., McIntyre, A., 1977. Modern coccolithophores of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. Micropaleontology 23(1), 1-55.
Holotype
Gephyrocapsa crassipons
Okada & McIntyre, 1977
Extant
Pacific Ocean