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Caulerpites lycopodioides

Taxonomy
Fucoides lycopodioides was named by Brongniart (1828). It is not extant. It is the type species of Caulerpites.

It was recombined as Caulerpites lycopodioides by Brongniart (1833).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. denticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Fucoides lycopodioides Brongniart
1833Caulerpites lycopodioides Brongniart

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusCaulerpitesSternberg 1833
specieslycopodioides(Brongniart 1828)

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.

†Caulerpites lycopodioides Brongniart 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available