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Aphralysia

Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae

Taxonomy
Aphralysia was named by Garwood (1914) [Calcimicrobe]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Aphralysia carbonaria. It is the type genus of Aphralysiaceae.

It was assigned to Cyanophyta by Johnson and Konishi (1956); and to Aphralysiaceae by Vachard and Aretz (2004) and Krainer and Vachard (2019).

Species
A. carbonaria (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Aphralysia Garwood
1956Aphralysia Johnson and Konishi
2004Aphralysia Vachard and Aretz
2019Aphralysia Krainer and Vachard p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCyanophyceaeSachs 1874
familyAphralysiaceaeVachard 2001
genusAphralysiaGarwood 1914

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. †Aphralysia Garwood 1914
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Aphralysia carbonaria Garwood 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available