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Hydrodictyon (water net)

Chlorophyceae - Hydrodictyaceae

Taxonomy
Hydrodictyon was named by Roth (1797). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrodictyaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Hydrodictyon Roth
1976Hydrodictyon Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
familyHydrodictyaceaeDumortier 1829
genusHydrodictyonRoth 1797

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. Hydrodictyon Roth 1797 [water net]
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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