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Connexia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy
Connexia was named by Kochansky Devide (1970). It is not extant. Its type is Connexia fragilis.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Blazer (1975); and to Dasycladales by Kiessling (2003).

Species
C. fragilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Connexia Kochansky Devide
1975Connexia Blazer
2003Connexia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
genusConnexiaKochansky Devide 1970

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. †Connexia Kochansky Devide 1970
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Connexia fragilis Kochansky Devide 1970
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 Middle Pennsylvanian to the top of the Tuvalian or 315.20000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0Türkiye (Muğla) C. sp. (218221)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Türkiye (Muğla) C. sp. (218227 218293)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan C. sp. (182688 182689 182691 182693 182694 182822 182826)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia C. sp. (36241)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Croatia C. sp. (75510)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy C. sp. (75474)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece C. sp. (38018)