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Leptophycus

Taxonomy
Leptophycus was named by Johnson (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Leptophycus gracilis.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Andrews (1970).

Species
L. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Leptophycus Johnson
1970Leptophycus Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusLeptophycusJohnson 1940

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. †Leptophycus Johnson 1940
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†Leptophycus gracilis Johnson 1940
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