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Epiphytaceae †

105303  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:105303)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Luchinina & Terleev, 2008 treat as fossil red algae similar to modern Corallinales; other sources such as Riding, 1991 and...  
Taxonomic remark Luchinina & Terleev, 2008 treat as fossil red algae similar to modern Corallinales; other sources such as Riding, 1991 and Săsăran et al., 2014 treat as fossil Cyanobacteria. Liu et al. 2015 (followed in IRMNG) treat as [micro]problematica, with the following statement: Early researchers suggested a chlorophyte (Bornemann 1886) or cyanobacterial (Pia 1927, p. 39) affinity for Epiphyton. Korde (1959, 1973) regarded Epiphyton as a red alga on the basis of cell structure that she identified in some filaments. This attribution was followed by Vologdin (1962), Johnson (1996b) and Chuvashov (in Chuvashov et al. 1987, p. 127). ... Luchinina (1975; in Chuvashov et al. 1987, p. 23) attributed Renalcis to Chroococcales and Epiphyton to Hormogonophyceae. Riding & Voronova (1982) noted that some stigonemataleans closely resemble epiphytaceans. Luchinina (2009) suggested that Renalcis and Epiphyton represent different stages in algal life cycles. ... Woo & Chough (2010) presented evidence of phototropism in Middle Cambrian Epiphyton from China, and regarded them as photosynthetic microbial colonies. We regard Epiphyton as a Microproblematicum. [details]
IRMNG (2023). Epiphytaceae †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105303 on 2024-03-19
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2007-05-28 22:00:00Z
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2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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2021-03-22 04:03:30Z
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2021-06-23 09:07:04Z
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basis of record Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]   

additional source Luchinina, V. A.; Terleev, A. A. (2008). The morphology of the genus Epiphyton Bornemann. <em>Geologia Croatica.</em> 61(2-3): 105-111.
note: treats as fossil Rhodophyta; considers the correct family name to be Ludloviaceae Chuvashov, 1987 [details]   

additional source Molinari-Novoa, E. A.; Guiry, M. D. (2021). Nomenclatural notes on algae. IV. Further replacement names for various algal taxa. <em>Notulae Algarum.</em> 183: 1-10.
note: assigns to Cyanophyceae, following Vachard, 2019 [details]   

additional source Săsăran, E.; Bucur, I. I.; Pleş, G.; Riding, R. (2014). Late Jurassic Epiphyton-like cyanobacteria: Indicators of long-term episodic variation in marine bioinduced microbial calcification?. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 401: 122-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.026 [details]   

taxonomy source Liu, L.; Wu, Y.; Yang, H.; Riding, R. (2015). Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance. <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 14(3): 183-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2015.1030128 [details]   

extant flag source as per included genera [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark Luchinina & Terleev, 2008 treat as fossil red algae similar to modern Corallinales; other sources such as Riding, 1991 and Săsăran et al., 2014 treat as fossil Cyanobacteria. Liu et al. 2015 (followed in IRMNG) treat as [micro]problematica, with the following statement: Early researchers suggested a chlorophyte (Bornemann 1886) or cyanobacterial (Pia 1927, p. 39) affinity for Epiphyton. Korde (1959, 1973) regarded Epiphyton as a red alga on the basis of cell structure that she identified in some filaments. This attribution was followed by Vologdin (1962), Johnson (1996b) and Chuvashov (in Chuvashov et al. 1987, p. 127). ... Luchinina (1975; in Chuvashov et al. 1987, p. 23) attributed Renalcis to Chroococcales and Epiphyton to Hormogonophyceae. Riding & Voronova (1982) noted that some stigonemataleans closely resemble epiphytaceans. Luchinina (2009) suggested that Renalcis and Epiphyton represent different stages in algal life cycles. ... Woo & Chough (2010) presented evidence of phototropism in Middle Cambrian Epiphyton from China, and regarded them as photosynthetic microbial colonies. We regard Epiphyton as a Microproblematicum. [details]

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