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Mellporella

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae

Taxonomy
Mellporella was named by Racz (1966). It is not extant. Its type is Mellporella anthracoporellaformis.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Blazer (1975); and to Udoteaceae by Vachard et al. (2016).

Species
M. anthracoporellaformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Mellporella Racz
1975Mellporella Blazer
2016Mellporella Vachard et al. p. 438

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyUdoteaceaeEndlicher 1834
genusMellporellaRacz 1966

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. †Mellporella Racz 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-10-23 01:56:40
Modified: 2007-10-23 03:56:40
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available