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Sphaerina

Taxonomy
Sphaerina was named by Riding and Soja (1993).

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Soja and Riding (1993).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. congregata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Sphaerina Riding and Soja
1993Sphaerina Soja and Riding

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusSphaerinaRiding and Soja 1993

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. †Sphaerina Riding and Soja 1993
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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

Age range: Ludlow or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Alaska) S. congregata (79355 79356)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) S. sp. (79359)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation S. sp. (24017)