Gephyrocapsa
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2026-09-04: itis_id 2257 via WoRMS external link
Gephyrocapsa is a genus of haptophytes.W CalCOFI holds 842 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1996 and 2022, across 4 taxa under it.R
- 842
- observations
- 1,647
- records
- 409
- sampling events
- 1996–2022
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
![Microscopic images of different individuals of Oxyrrhis marina with ingested prey. (A) calcified and (B) decalcified Gephyrocapsa huxleyi [Emiliania huxleyi] after 24 h. (C) calcified and (D) decalcif](https://storage.googleapis.com/calcofi-files-public/species-media/taxa/worms-235823/photo.webp)
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Gephyrocapsa coccolithophore · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:235823")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:235823'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 3 taxa · Gephyrocapsa huxleyi most observed
- sp Gephyrocapsa huxleyi413
- sp Gephyrocapsa oceanica411
- sp Gephyrocapsa ornata410
Lineage 8 ranks · Chromista to Noelaerhabdaceae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Guillaume Dera · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Emiliania huxleyi · source
- Photo · Mathias Haunost, Ulf Riebesell, Francesco D’Amore, Ole Kelting, Lennart T. Bach · CC BY 4.0 · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Gephyrocapsa” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1323130486
Elsewhere Wikidata · GBIF
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗