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Cystostroma

Taxonomy
Cystostroma was named by Vologdin (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Cystostroma varians.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Blazer (1975).

Species
C. varians (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. dongkaense, C. evenkiense, C. evenkiensis, C. fritzae, C. hunanensis, C. minimum
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-04-30; modified by B. Allen on 2020-05-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cystostroma Vologdin
1975Cystostroma Blazer

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusCystostromaVologdin 1962

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. †Cystostroma Vologdin 1962
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†Cystostroma varians Vologdin 1962
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