Chaetomorpha aerea

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -71 meters (-232 feet).Standard Deviation = 648.060 based on 34 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Chaetomorpha aerea (Dill.) Kuetz
2. Chaetomorpha paucitatis Gilbert
3. Chaetomorpha princeps (Kützing) Kützing
4. Conferva aerea Dillwyn
5. Conferva princeps Kützing

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chaetomorpha

There are approximately 84 species in this genus:

C. adriani · C. aerea (Ufer-Borstenhaar) · C. akineta · C. antennia · C. antennina · C. atrovirens · C. auricoma · C. baltica · C. basiretrorsa · C. billardierii · C. brachygona · C. brachygona var. crassipellita · C. breviarticulata · C. californica · C. cannabina · C. capillaris · C. capillaris crispa · C. capillaris forma crispa · C. chelonum · C. chlorotica · C. clavata · C. coliformis · C. crassa (Sea Spaghetti) · C. darwinii · C. dubyana · C. exposita · C. fibrosa · C. firma · C. geniculata · C. gracilis · C. implexa · C. implicata · C. indica · C. inflata · C. intestinalis · C. javanica · C. kellersii · C. kerguelensis · C. ligustica · C. linoides · C. linum (Warakuzumo) · C. linum brachyarthra · C. linum forma brachyarthra · C. litorea · C. longiarticulata · C. mawsonii · C. media · C. media var. stolonifera · C. mediterranea · C. melagonium · C. minima · C. moniligera (Tama-Juzumo) · C. monilina · C. natalensis · C. nodosa · C. obscura · C. okamurai · C. olneyi · C. pachynema · C. pacifica · C. paucitatis · C. peruviana · C. picquotiana · C. princeps · C. prostata · C. prostrata · C. recurva · C. restricta · C. robusta · C. saccata · C. septentrionalis · C. solitaria · C. spiralis · C. stricta · C. stuhlmannii · C. surtoria · C. sutoria · C. tenuissima · C. torta · C. tortuosa · C. tortuosum · C. torulosa · C. valida · C. zernovii

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:

• Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• 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
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3870156
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-11475
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13274572
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 181465

Footnotes

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