Phaeocystis pouchetii
(Hariot) Lagerh.
A Haptophyte
Synonyms: Tetraspora pouchetii
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Protoctist
Sublevel 1:
No assigned supergroup
Sublevel 2:
Haptophytes
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Division:
Haptophyta
Class: Coccolithophyceae Order: Phaeocystales Family: Phaeocystaceae Genus: Phaeocystis Species: Phaeocystis pouchetii
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin:
Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?:
No
Rarity Designations:
There are no rarity listings for protoctists.
The federal government and New England states do not evaluate
protoctists for rarity.
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type:
Photoautotroph
HABITAT
ASSOCIATED SPECIES
PHOTOS OF
Phaeocystis pouchetii
PHOTOS OF SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS