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Nipponophycus

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae

Taxonomy
Nipponophycus was named by Yabe and Toyama (1928). It is not extant. Its type is Nipponophycus ramosus.

It was assigned to Rhodophyceae by Andrews (1970); and to Halimedaceae by Schlagintweit (2005).

Species
N. kanmerai, N. ramosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Nipponophycus Yabe and Toyama
1970Nipponophycus Andrews
2005Nipponophycus Schlagintweit

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyHalimedaceaeLink 1832
genusNipponophycusYabe and Toyama 1928

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. †Nipponophycus Yabe and Toyama 1928
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Nipponophycus kanmerai Endo and Horiguchi 1967
Nipponophycus ramosus Yabe and Toyama 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available