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Afghanopolia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Afghanopolia was named by Kaever (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Afghanopolia fragilis.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Blazer (1975).

Species
A. fragilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Afghanopolia Kaever
1975Afghanopolia Blazer

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusAfghanopoliaKaever 1969

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. †Afghanopolia Kaever 1969
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†Afghanopolia fragilis Kaever 1969
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