Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 6 meters (19 feet).Standard Deviation = 6.350 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Bacteria
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1894) C.r. Woese Et Al., 1990
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
()
- (Cohn, 1870) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
()
- Stanier, 1974 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Cyanobacteria
- Class:
Chroobacteria
()
- Subclass:
Synechococcophycideae
()
- Order:
Oscillatoriales
()
- Family:
Pseudanabaenaceae
()
- Anagnostidis & Komárek, 1988
- Genus:
Geitlerinema
()
- Specific descriptor:
amphibium
- (C. Agardh) Anagnostidis
- Scientific name: - Geitlerinema amphibium (C. Agardh) Anagnostidis
- Specific descriptor:
amphibium
- (C. Agardh) Anagnostidis
- Genus:
Geitlerinema
(
- Family:
Pseudanabaenaceae
(
- Order:
Oscillatoriales
(
- Subclass:
Synechococcophycideae
(
- Class:
Chroobacteria
(
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
(
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Lawson S..
Similar Species
Members of the genus Geitlerinema
There are approximately 19 species in this genus:
G. acus · G. acutissimum · G. amphibium · G. calcuttense · G. carotinosum · G. claricentrosum · G. codii · G. deflexum · G. earlei · G. exile · G. ionicum · G. jasorvense · G. lemmermannii · G. numidicum · G. peronides · G. pseudacutissimum · G. splendidum · G. uncinatum · G. unigranulatum
More Info
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Notes
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 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:
- NLBIF: Limnodata
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3319268
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13278678
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2907385
