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Phytoplankton vs Coccolith - What's the difference?

phytoplankton | coccolith |

As nouns the difference between phytoplankton and coccolith

is that phytoplankton is plankton which obtain energy by photosynthesis while coccolith is (biology) a microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized.

phytoplankton

English

Noun

(wikipedia phytoplankton) (-)
  • plankton which obtain energy by photosynthesis

    • Synonyms

    * microalga

    Derived terms

    * phytoplankton bloom

    coccolith

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia coccolith) (en noun)
  • (biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized