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Alternella

Taxonomy
Alternella was named by Raaben (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Alternella hyperboerica.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Blazer (1975).

Species
A. hyperboerica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Alternella Raaben
1975Alternella Blazer

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusAlternellaRaaben 1972

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. †Alternella Raaben 1972
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†Alternella hyperboerica Raaben 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-12-04 09:01:31
Modified: 2007-12-04 11:01:31
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available