Litanaia Maslov 1956 (green algae)

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae

Parent taxon: Codiaceae according to Fenninger 1983

See also Andrews 1970, Buggisch and Fluegel 1992 and Johnson 1964

Sister taxa: Anchicodium, Aphroditicodium, Arabicodium, Bacanella, Calcipatera, Diversoporella, Doliporella, Garwoodioideae, Ivanovia, Maslovina, Mizziella, Neoanchicodium, Orthriosiphon, Palaeocodium, Polygonella, Polymorphocodium, Protocodium, Sinuatoporella, Stylocodium, Udotoideae, Uva

Subtaxa: Litanaia cracens Litanaia mira Litanaia robusta

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Type: Litanaia mira

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Austria (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (2), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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