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Acetabularia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae

Taxonomy
Acetabularia was named by Lamouroux (1812). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Kiessling (2003); and to Polyphysaceae by Berger (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Acetabularia Lamouroux
1976Acetabularia Lakhanpal et al.
2003Acetabularia Kiessling
2006Acetabularia Berger

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyPolyphysaceaeKützing 1843
genusAcetabulariaLamouroux 1812

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acetabularia Lamouroux 1812
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Tortonian or 66.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6India (Tamil Nadu) A. sp. (215196)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Andhra Pradesh) A. sp. (46388)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt A. sp. (34873)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus A. sp. (223599)