Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 4 meters (14 feet).Standard Deviation = 7.100 based on 15 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
)
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
()
- Cyanobacteria
- Class:
Not assigned
()
- Order:
Oscillatoriales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Geitlerinema
()
- Specific descriptor:
splendidum
- (Greville) Anagnostidis
- Scientific name: - Geitlerinema splendidum (Greville) Anagnostidis
- Specific descriptor:
splendidum
- (Greville) Anagnostidis
- Genus:
Geitlerinema
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Oscillatoriales
(
- Class:
Not assigned
(
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
(
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
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Notes
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.
- 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:
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3319270
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-24848
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13278680
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2907398
