Emiliania
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Emiliania is a global coccolithophorid genus
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It includes the species Emiliania huxleyi
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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It includes the species Emiliania huxleyi
Emiliania huxleyi
Emiliania huxleyi, often abbreviated "EHUX", is a species of coccolithophore with a global distribution from the tropics to subarctic waters. It is one of thousands of different photosynthetic plankton that freely drift in the euphotic zone of the ocean, forming the basis of virtually all marine...
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