Coccoliths are individual plates of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled algae such as Emiliania huxleyi) which are arranged around them in a coccosphere. == Formation and composition == Coccoliths are formed within the cell in vesicles derived from the golgi body. When the coccolith is complete these vesicles fuse with the ...
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individual plates of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled algae such as Emiliania huxleyi) which are arranged around them in a coccosphere.
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• (n.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.
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minute calcium carbonate platelet or ring secreted by certain organisms (coccolithophores, classed either as protozoans or algae) and imbedded in ... [1 related articles]
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Coc'co·lith noun [ Greek ... a grain, seed +
-lith .]
(Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.
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a microscopic calcareous disk or ring making up part of the covering of certain marine plankton and forming much of the content of chalk rocks.
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