Description
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Habitat
Ecology: E. perforans is a tiny, endozoic and filamentous
species found on dead shells
on the intertidal zone (Taylor 1945).[1]
List of Habitats
:12Marine Intertidal
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
()
- Auct.
- Green Algae
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Chlorophyceae
()
- T. Christensen, 1994
- Order:
Chaetophorales
()
- Family:
Chaetophoraceae
()
-
- Genus:
Ectochaete
()
- Specific epithet:
perforans
- Thivy
- Botanical name: - Ectochaete perforans Thivy
- Specific epithet:
perforans
- Thivy
- Genus:
Ectochaete
(
- Family:
Chaetophoraceae
(
- Order:
Chaetophorales
(
- Class:
Chlorophyceae
(
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
(
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
(
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ectochaete
There are approximately 8 species in this genus:
E. bulbochaete · E. endophyticum · E. endophytum · E. leptochaete · E. perforans · E. polymorpha · E. ramulosa · E. wittrockii
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 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
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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: 3307281
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-26689
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13279397
- IUCN ID: 63583
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 185528
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]
