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Orculiphycus

Hormogoneae

Taxonomy
Orculiphycus was named by Yakschin (1991). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Orculiphycus latus.

It was assigned to Hormogoneae by Sergeev et al. (1995).

Species
O. latus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Orculiphycus Yakschin
1995Orculiphycus Sergeev et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
genusOrculiphycusYakschin 1991

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. †Orculiphycus Yakschin 1991
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Orculiphycus latus Yakschin 1991
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

Age range: Calymmian or 1600.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation O. latus (227487 227511) O. sp. (227480 227516) O. sp., O. latus (227519)