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Aphanocapsites

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Aphanocapsites was named by Maslov (1956). It is not extant. Its type is Aphanocapsites granulosus.

It was assigned to Chroococcaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
A. granulosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Aphanocapsites Maslov
1970Aphanocapsites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusAphanocapsitesMaslov 1956

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. †Aphanocapsites Maslov 1956
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available