Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Haptista - (Class) Coccolithophyceae - (Order) Coccolithales - (Family) Coccolithaceae

Current position

Coccolithaceae (Family) Poche (1913)

Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 89.

Alternative positions

Coccolithales (Order) Schwarz (1932)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 425. [rough position]
Coccolithophoraceae (Family) Kamptner (1928)	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 89.
Prymnesiina (Suborder) Cavalier-Smith	Ref: J.C. Green & R.W. Jordan, 2000: 1285. [rough position]

Historical positions

Coccolithales (Order) Schwarz (1932)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 425.
Prymnesiina (Suborder) Cavalier-Smith	Ref: J.C. Green & R.W. Jordan, 2000: 1285-1286. [rough position]
Haptomonada (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 144. [rough position]
Haptophyta (Phylum) D.J. Hibberd ex Edvardsen & Eikrem (2000)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 80. [rough position]
Coccolithophoraceae (Family) Kamptner (1928)	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 89.
Coccolithophorida (Order)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 355. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

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