Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: S. ecuadoreana was described from deep water
specimens collected on rocky substrata
in depths of 27 to 55 m
, but was also collected at 6 to 10 m depth in 1974.[1]
List of Habitats
:9.2Marine Neritic - Subtidal
Rock and Rocky Reefs
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Red Algae
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Gigartinales
()
- Family:
Pyraloidea
()
- Genus:
Schizymenia
()
- (Chauvin ex Duby) J. Agardh
- Specific epithet:
ecuadoreana
- (W.R. Taylor) I.A. Abbott
- Botanical name: - Schizymenia ecuadoreana (W.R. Taylor) I.A. Abbott
- Specific epithet:
ecuadoreana
- (W.R. Taylor) I.A. Abbott
- Genus:
Schizymenia
(
- Family:
Pyraloidea
(
- Order:
Gigartinales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Schizymenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. apoda · S. binderi · S. borealis · S. bullosa · S. coccinea · S. dawsonii · S. dubyi · S. ecuadoreana · S. edulis · S. epiphytica · S. johnstonii · S. ligulata · S. minor · S. novae-zelandiae · S. obliqua · S. obovata · S. pacifica · S. undulata · S. violacea
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Abbott, I.A. 1967. Studies in some foliose red algae of the Pacific coast II. Schizymenia. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 66: 161-174.
- 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
- AlgaeBase
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- 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: 2869143
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-5541
- IUCN ID: 63653
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 201558
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]
