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Pediastrites

Chlorophyceae

Taxonomy
Pediastrites was named by Zalessky (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Pediastrites kidstoni.

It was assigned to Chlorophyceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. kidstoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pediastrites Zalessky
1970Pediastrites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
genusPediastritesZalessky 1927

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. †Pediastrites Zalessky 1927
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†Pediastrites kidstoni Zalessky 1927
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