Description
Habitat
Ecology: G. smithii is an intertidal species, occurring from the high intertidal to low intertidal (Taylor 1945, CDRS record
2002).[1]
List of Habitats
:12.1Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Gigartinales
()
- Family:
Phyllophoraceae
()
- Genus:
Ahnfeltiopsis
()
- Specific epithet:
smithii
- (W. R. Taylor) K. M. Dreckmann & I. Stout
- Botanical name: - Ahnfeltiopsis smithii (W. R. Taylor) K. M. Dreckmann & I. Stout
- Specific epithet:
smithii
- (W. R. Taylor) K. M. Dreckmann & I. Stout
- Genus:
Ahnfeltiopsis
(
- Family:
Phyllophoraceae
(
- Order:
Gigartinales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ahnfeltiopsis
There are approximately 39 species in this genus:
A. catenata · A. chnoosporoides · A. complicata · A. concinna (Limu Aki`aki) · A. dendroides · A. densa · A. devoniensis · A. divaricata · A. divaricatus · A. durvillei · A. fastigiata · A. flabelliformis · A. furcellata · A. furcellata patens · A. furcellata var. patens · A. furcellatus · A. gigartinoides · A. glomerata · A. gracilis · A. guangdongensis · A. hainanensis · A. humilis · A. intermedius · A. leptophylla · A. leptophyllus · A. linearis · A. masudai · A. okamurae · A. pacifica · A. paradoxa · A. polyclada · A. pusilla · A. pygmaea · A. quinhonensis · A. serenei · A. smithii · A. triquetrifolia · A. vermicularis · A. yamadae
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Further Reading
- Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
Notes
Contributors
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3306349
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-40271
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13288228
- IUCN ID: 63643
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 194968
Footnotes
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
