Interesting Facts
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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 -21 meters (-69 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Peracarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Amphipoda
()
- Latreille, 1816
- Suborder:
Gammaridea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Gammarid Amphipods
- Superfamily:
Corophioidea
()
- Family:
Ischyroceridae
()
- Stebbing, 1899
- Genus:
Protomedeia
()
- Krøyer, 1842
- Specific name:
articulata
- J. L. Barnard, 1962
- Scientific name: - Protomedeia articulata J. L. Barnard, 1962
- Specific name:
articulata
- J. L. Barnard, 1962
- Genus:
Protomedeia
(
- Family:
Ischyroceridae
(
- Superfamily:
Corophioidea
(
- Suborder:
Gammaridea
(
- Order:
Amphipoda
(
- Superorder:
Peracarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Protomedeia
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 102, p. 103, p. 106, p. 32, p. 41, p. 46, p. 5, p. 83.
- Publications in natural sciences = Publications de sciences naturelles / Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1983- url , , , , p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 63.
Notes
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Contributors
- 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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 17, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2704671
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-94094
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13819765
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 94094
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 521146
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 38.960 based on 81 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
