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Maupasia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Maupasia was named by Morellet and Morellet (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Maupasia dumasi.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
M. dumasi (type species)

Synonyms
  • Maupasina was named by Munier-Chalmas (1877). It is not extant.

    It was replaced with Maupasia by Morellet and Morellet (1917).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Maupasina Munier-Chalmas
1917Maupasia Morellet and Morellet
1970Maupasia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusMaupasiaMorellet and Morellet 1917

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. †Maupasia Morellet and Morellet 1917
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†Maupasia dumasi Morellet and Morellet 1917
Invalid names: Maupasina Munier-Chalmas 1877 [replaced]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available