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Girvanella ducii

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Girvanella ducii Wethered
1964Girvanella ducii Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyGirvanellaceaeLuchinina 1975
genusGirvanella
speciesduciiWethered 1890

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.

Girvanella ducii Wethered 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: "photoautotroph"g
Created: 2009-07-20 07:33:17
Modified: 2009-07-20 09:33:17
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Vachard and Aretz 2004, Church 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Devonian to the top of the Artinskian or 419.62000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Australia (New South Wales) Girvanella ducii (242321 242322 242323 242324)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Girvanella ducii (83973)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.4France Girvanella ducii (226721 226722)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Girvanella ducii (5991 5994 5995)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Türkiye Girvanella ducii (201390)