Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -24 meters (-80 feet).Standard Deviation = 308.510 based on 274 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Ceramiales
()
- Family:
Delesseriaceae
()
- Genus:
Acrosorium
()
- Specific epithet:
ciliolatum
- (Harvey) Kylin
- Botanical name: - Acrosorium ciliolatum (Harvey) Kylin
- Specific epithet:
ciliolatum
- (Harvey) Kylin
- Genus:
Acrosorium
(
- Family:
Delesseriaceae
(
- Order:
Ceramiales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acrosorium uncinatum (Agardh) Kylin
- Acrosorium venulosum (Zanardini) Kylin
- Aglaophyllum ciliolatum /i> (Harvey) Kützing
- Nitophyllum ciliolatum Harvey
- Nitophyllum uncinatum (Turner) J. Agardh
- Nitophyllum venulosum Zanardini
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry W.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acrosorium
There are approximately 21 species in this genus:
A. acrospermum · A. aglaophylloides · A. amphiroae · A. ciliolatum · A. cincinnatum · A. corallinarum · A. decumbens · A. deformatum · A. flabellatum · A. fragile · A. maculatum · A. minus · A. odontophorum · A. okamurae · A. papenfussii · A. polyneurum · A. reptans · A. uncinatum · A. unicinatum · A. venulosum · A. yendoi
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 17, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain: Universitat de València, Colecciones de Criptógamas: VAL_Algae
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bolus Herbarium Algal Specimen Database (AfrOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Benthic Marine data from CCW Technical Support (Research & Monitoring) Contracts
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3532149
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-61554
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14578492
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 202947
