Coccolithus pelagicus

are eaten by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Bradyidius similis (Sars G. O. 1902)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Lebbeus polaris (Sabine 1824) (Polar shrimp)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Spirontocaris spinus (Sowerby 1805) (parrot bladed shrimp)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Sclerocrangon boreas (Phipps 1774) (sculptured shrimp)

carbon biomass

• O Brien et al: 78 pg (max)
• O Brien et al: 9 pg (min)
• O Brien et al: 35 pg (min)
• O Brien et al: 129 pg (mean)
• O Brien et al: 310 pg (max)

cell diameter

• O Brien et al: 8 µm (min)
• O Brien et al: 13 µm (mean)
• O Brien et al: 18 µm (max)

cell mass

• Matishov et al 2000: 0.000771 µg (average)

cell shape

• O Brien et al: sphere

cell volume

• O Brien et al: 58 µm^3 (min)
• O Brien et al: 268 µm^3 (min)
• O Brien et al: 1150 µm^3 (mean)
• O Brien et al: 660 µm^3 (max)
• O Brien et al: 3054 µm^3 (max)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: unicellular

extinction status

• Paleobiology Database: extant

first appearance

• Paleobiology Database: 58.7 million years ago (max)
• Paleobiology Database: thanetian age

geographic distribution

• Matishov et al 2000: Arctic Ocean
• United States Species List: United States
• Aegean Sea Species List: Aegean Sea
• South Pacific Species List: South Pacific
• South Atlantic Species List: South Atlantic

habitat

• Flora do Brasil: freshwater benthic
• Habitat data for microbial organisms: marine

last appearance

• Paleobiology Database: 0.0117 million years ago (min)
• Paleobiology Database: pleistocene epoch

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -64.517 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 86.0717 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 174.948 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -153.667 degrees (min)

motility

• Paleobiology Database: passively mobile (adult)

native range includes

• Flora do Brasil: Rio De Janeiro

number of fossil occurrences

• Paleobiology Database: 35

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 376 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.935 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 8.595 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.197 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.057 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 105.256 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 15.341 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 2.423 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.045 µmol/l (min)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 17.095 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 39.343 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 101.768 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.754 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 28.923 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -1.771 degrees celsius (min)