title: A NEW HELICOSPHAERA-SYRACOLITHUS COMBINATION COCCOSPHERE (HAPTOPHYTA) FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA(1).
abstract: A new combination coccosphere of the heterococcolithophore Helicosphaera wallichii (Lohman 1902) Okada and McIntyre 1977 and holococcolithophore Syracolithus ponticuliferus (Kamptner 1941) Kleijne and Jordan 1990 is documented. This combination coccosphere was observed within a rich and diverse assemblage collected during late summer at a 20 m water depth from the NW Mediterranean Sea.
authors.affiliation: CEREGE, CNRS-Université Aix-Marseille, Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix en Provence, FrancePalaeontology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
authors.forename: Martine J J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Couapel
authors.affiliation: CEREGE, CNRS-Université Aix-Marseille, Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix en Provence, FrancePalaeontology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beaufort
authors.affiliation: CEREGE, CNRS-Université Aix-Marseille, Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix en Provence, FrancePalaeontology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
authors.forename: And Jeremy R
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Young
keywords: Helicosphaera; Mediterranean Sea; Syracolithus; coccolithophore; holococcolith-heterococcolith combination