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Oxytoxum elongatum

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,983 meters (0 to -13,068 feet).Mean = -2,798.170 meters (-9,180.348 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,485.240 based on 6 observations. Ocean depth 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
  - Subkingdom: Biciliata ()
    - Infrakingdom: Alveolata () - Cavalier-Smith, 1991
      - Phylum: Myzozoa () - Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
        Subphylum: Dinozoa ()
        Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata ()
        Class: Dinophyceae () - (B�tschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
        Subclass: Peridiniphycidae () - Fensome Et Al., 1993b
        Order: Peridiniales () - Haeckel, 1894b
        Family: Oxytoxaceae () - Lindemann, 1928
        Genus: Oxytoxum ()
        Specific descriptor: elongatum
        Scientific name: - Oxytoxum elongatum

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Oxytoxum

There are approximately 65 species in this genus:

O. aceratum · O. adriaticum · O. areolatum · O. belgicae · O. brunellii · O. caudatum · O. challengeroides · O. compressum · O. constrictum · O. coronatum · O. crassum · O. cribosum · O. criophilum (Yellow Moray) · O. cristatum · O. curvatum · O. curvicaudatum · O. depressum · O. diploconus · O. elegans · O. elongatum · O. gigas · O. gladiolus · O. globosum · O. gracile · O. laticeps · O. latum · O. ligusticum · O. longiceps · O. longum · O. margalefi · O. mediterraneum · O. michaelsarsi · O. milneri · O. minutum · O. mitra · O. muconatum · O. nanum · O. nanus · O. obesum · O. obliquum · O. ovale · O. ovum · O. pacbyderme · O. pachyderme · O. parvulum · O. parvum · O. punctulatum · O. radiosum · O. rampii · O. reficulatum · O. renuistriatum · O. reticulatum · O. sceptrum · O. scolopax · O. semicollatum · O. sphaeroideum · O. spinosum · O. subulatum · O. tesselatum · O. tonollii · O. turbo · O. variabile · O. variable · O. viridae · O. viride

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 14, 2007:

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Electron Micrograph Database
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2637037
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16152781
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2826375

Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-10-28