Syracosphaera Azureaplaneta
''Syracosphaera azureaplaneta'' is a species of coccolithophore. This oceanic phytoplankton is not common, but is widely distributed and is known to occur in all the major seas, from tropical to sub-arctic regions. It is named after the BBC TV documentary series, ''The Blue Planet''. Discovery The species was first described in 2018, following a study of Scanning electron microscope, scanning electron micrographs of samples previously assumed to be of ''Syracosphaera corolla'' Lecal, 1966. They had mostly been collected by vacuum filtration of sea water from many varied environments, but investigation by researchers revealed two distinct morphological types. As a result, this new species (''S. azureaplaneta'') was described, and the description of ''S. corolla'' was correspondingly emended. The two species are similar with bowl-shaped body-coccoliths covering the entire cell and a partial outer layer of larger exothecal coccoliths. They primarily differ in their exothecal cocco ...
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