Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 60 meters (195 feet).Standard Deviation = 208.320 based on 115 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Red Algae
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Bonnemaisoniales
()
- Family:
Pyraloidea
()
- Genus:
Naccaria
()
- (Turner) Endlicher
- Specific epithet:
wiggii
- (Turner) Endlicher
- Botanical name: - Naccaria wiggii (Turner) Endlicher
- Specific epithet:
wiggii
- (Turner) Endlicher
- Genus:
Naccaria
(
- Family:
Pyraloidea
(
- Order:
Bonnemaisoniales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Fucus wiggii Turner
- Naccaria gelatinosa J. Agardh
- Naccaria vidovichii Meneghini
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Naccaria
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
N. antillana · N. corymbosa · N. gelatinosa · N. hawaiiana · N. hypnoides · N. naccarioides · N. vidovichii · N. wigghii · N. wiggii
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase, 3.0, 2004.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 17, 2008:
- Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Benthic Marine data from CCW Technical Support (Research & Monitoring) Contracts
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Survey of North Wales and Pembrokeshire tide influenced communities.
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3871310
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-635
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13984564
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 203808
