Tergestiella adriatica Kamptner (1940)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Hagino et al., 2015)
Last record: 1940 or before (Kamptner, 1940)
Rediscovered in: June 2009 (Hagino et al., 2015)
Distribution & Habitat
northern Adriatic Sea (incl. Croatia) & Honshū, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kamptner, E. (1940 or 19411). Die Coccolithineen der Südwestküste von Istrien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 51: 54-149, pls. i-xv. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41768414
1 year of publication variously given as either 1940 or 1941. Uncertain which is correct.
Other references:
Hagino, Kyoko, Young, Jeremy R., Bown, Paul R., Godrijan, Jelena, Kulhanek, Denise K., Kogame, Kazuhiro and Horiguchi, Takeo. (2015). Re-discovery of a “living fossil” coccolithophore from the coastal waters of Japan and Croatia. Marine Micropaleontology 116: 28-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2015.01.002
Young, Jeremy R., Bown, Paul R. and Lees, Jaqueline A. (2022). 'Tergestiella adriatica'. In: Nannotax3: the biodiversity and taxonomy of coccolithophores [website]. International Nannoplankton Association. Available at: https://www.mikrotax.org/Nannotax3 [Accessed 12 August 2026]
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19188/tergestiella-adriatica