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Syracosphaera azureaplaneta Young, Bown, Cros, Hagino & Jordan, 2018
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Syracosphaera azureaplaneta is a species of coccolithophore. This oceanic phytoplankton is not common, but is widely distributed and is known to occur in all the major seas, from tropical to sub-arctic regions.[1] It is named after the BBC TV documentary series, The Blue Planet.[2]