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Physophycus

Taxonomy
Physophycus was named by Schimper (1869). It is not extant. Its type is Caulerpites marginatus.

It was assigned to Chlorophyta by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. marginatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Physophycus Schimper
1970Physophycus Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusPhysophycusSchimper 1869

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. †Physophycus Schimper 1869
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†Physophycus marginatus Lesquereux 1869
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