Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 145 meters (0 to 476 feet).Mean = 42.600 meters (139.764 feet), Standard Deviation = 75.270 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Choanozoa
()
- Class:
Acanthoecidae
()
- Order:
Acanthoecida
()
- Family:
Choanoflagellatea
()
- Genus:
Acanthocorbis
()
- Specific descriptor:
apoda
- Scientific name: - Acanthocorbis apoda
- Specific descriptor:
apoda
- Genus:
Acanthocorbis
(
- Family:
Choanoflagellatea
(
- Order:
Acanthoecida
(
- Class:
Acanthoecidae
(
- Phylum:
Choanozoa
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acanthocorbis
There are approximately 6 species in this genus:
A. apoda · A. asymmetrica · A. campanula · A. haurakiana · A. tintinnabulum · A. unguiculata
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MICROBIS database
- International Census of Marine Microbes, MICROBIS database
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Niv
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5740670
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16167164
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2692158
