Description
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Habitat
Ecology: A. pusillum was collected in the low intertidal on algal turf
.[1]
List of Habitats
:12.1Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Ceramiales
()
- Family:
Rhodomelaceae
()
- Genus:
Alsidium
()
- Specific epithet:
pusillum
- E.Y. Dawson
- Botanical name: - Alsidium pusillum E.Y. Dawson
- Specific epithet:
pusillum
- E.Y. Dawson
- Genus:
Alsidium
(
- Family:
Rhodomelaceae
(
- Order:
Ceramiales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alsidium
There are approximately 8 species in this genus:
A. comosum · A. corallinum · A. cymatophilum · A. dasyphyllum · A. ericoides · A. helminthochorton (Corsican Moss) · A. pusillum · A. spinulosum
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Dawson, E.Y. 1963. New records of marine algae from the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4: 3-23.
- Vannajan, S. and Trono, G.C. 1978. The marine benthic algae of Manila Bay. II. Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta. Phillippines Journal of Biology 7(1): 7-30.
Notes
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Contributors
- Behnke Nurseries, Potomac MD USA
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
- 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: 3911628
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-18833
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13276505
- IUCN ID: 63616
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 183279
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]
