Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Schotentang, Sea Oak
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 11 meters (36 feet).Standard Deviation = 574.380 based on 635 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
)
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
()
- Order:
Fucales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Halidrys
()
- Specific descriptor:
siliquosa
- (Linnaeus) Lyngbye
- Scientific name: - Halidrys siliquosa (Linnaeus) Lyngbye
- Specific descriptor:
siliquosa
- (Linnaeus) Lyngbye
- Genus:
Halidrys
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Fucales
(
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cystoseira siliquosa (Linnaeus) C. Agardh
- Fucus siliculosus Stackhouse
- Fucus siliquosus Linnaeus
- Halidrys siliquosa var. denudata Lyngbye
- Halidrys siliquosa var. evesiculosa J. Agardh
- Halidrys siliquosa var. siliculosus (Stackhouse)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Halidrys
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
H. canaliculata · H. dioica · H. murmanica · H. osmundacea · H. siliquosa · H. vesiculosus · H. volubilis
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase, 3.0, 2004.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 3, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 17, 2008:
- Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MarBEF Publication Series data
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 437705
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-95
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13304425
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2725809
