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Lithodesmium

Bacillariophyceae - Lithodesmiales - Lithodesmiaceae

Taxonomy
Lithodesmium was named by Ehrenberg (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lithodesmiaceae by Ehrenberg (1839).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. minisculum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Lithodesmium Ehrenberg

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Stramenopiles(Campbell et al. 1999)
phylumOchrophyta
RankNameAuthor
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
orderLithodesmiales
familyLithodesmiaceae
genusLithodesmium

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. Lithodesmium Ehrenberg 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) L. minisculum (48887)