Haptophyta is a phylum of single celled, mostly marine, photosynthetic eukaryotes named for the haptonema, a distinctive thread like appendage found in most species that is used for attachment and prey capture rather than swimming. Haptophytes are a significant component of marine phytoplankton, and one order, the coccolithophores, produces microscopic calcium carbonate plates that after death sink to the seafloor and have formed enormous chalk deposits over geological time, making the group important to both the ocean carbon cycle and the geological record.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Coccolithophore
Source Wikidata: Emiliania Huxleyi
Source Wikidata: Phaeocystis
Source Wikidata: Prymnesium Parvum
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ500531, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Haptophyte
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
In Group: Algal and Protist Phyla, Lead
The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophytina, Haptophyta or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae that can produce minerals.
View the SourceWikidata: Haptophyta
Wikidata Q500531, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Coccolithophore
Parent Taxon Of: Coccolithophore, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Emiliania Huxleyi
Parent Taxon Of: Emiliania Huxleyi, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Phaeocystis
Parent Taxon Of: Phaeocystis, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Prymnesium Parvum
Parent Taxon Of: Prymnesium Parvum, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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