IRMNG - Peniaceae Haeckel, 1894

IRMNG taxon details

Peniaceae Haeckel, 1894

IRMNG_ID

107473 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:107473)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Desmidiales

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Penium Brébisson ex Ralfs, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Peniaceae Haeckel, 1894. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107473 on 2025-03-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-03-12 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2021-02-20 05:16:01Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. AlgaeBase (2020 version). , available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013)/AlgaeBase [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

habitat flag source Parker 82, Aphia2006 [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Plantae (Kingdom) > Thallobionta (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Chlorophyceae (Class) > Zygnematales (Order) > Desmidiineae (Suborder) > Peniaceae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Subaerial habitats, and some parasitic on plants (Parker 82) but may include marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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