haptophyte

English

Etymology

From hapto- (“binding”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

haptophyte (plural haptophytes)

1. (botany) A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits

Synonyms

• coccolithophore
• coccolithophorid
• Haptophyta
• Prymnesiophyta
• Prymnesiophyceae

Related terms

• haptophytic

See also

• coccolith
• dimethyl sulfide (DMS)
• hydrophyte
• phytoplankton

References

• haptophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Haptophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies