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Spongiostroma

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Rivulariaceae

Taxonomy
Spongiostroma was named by Guerich (1906). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Spongiostroma maeandrinum.

It was assigned to Rivulariaceae by Hirmer (1927).

Species
S. dalecarlica, S. maeandrinum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Spongiostroma Guerich
1927Spongiostroma Hirmer

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914
familyRivulariaceae
genusSpongiostromaGuerich 1906

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. †Spongiostroma Guerich 1906
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†Spongiostroma maeandrinum Guerich 1906
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: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Tuvalian or 458.20000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway S. sp. (3251)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (80005 80597)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) S. dalecarlica (73413)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (80603)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (80615)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation S. sp. (24018)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece S. sp. (38018)