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Circulinema

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Circulinema was named by Wang et al. (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Circulinema jinningense.

It was assigned to Oscillatoriaceae by Wang et al. (1983).

Species
C. jinningense (type species), C. muirae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Circulinema Wang et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusCirculinema

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. †Circulinema Wang et al. 1983
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Circulinema jinningense Wang et al. 1983
Circulinema muirae Wang et al. 1983
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: Nemakit-Daldynian or 538.80000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) C. jinningense, C. muirae (227762) C. muirae (227763)