Ornidia obesa

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 209 meters (685 feet).Standard Deviation = 599.150 based on 833 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Superorder: Panorpida ()
        Order: Diptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Brachycera ()
        Infraorder: Muscomorpha ()
        Superfamily: Syrphoidea ()
        Family: Syrphidae ()
        Genus: Ornidia ()
        Specific name: obesa - (Fabricius, 1775)
        Scientific name: - Ornidia obesa (Fabricius, 1775)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Ornidia obesa (Fabricius, 1775)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ornidia

There are approximately 3 species in this genus:

O. major · O. obesa · O. whiteheadi

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 16, 2007:

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2762625
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16239317
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 140724
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654502

Footnotes

Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30