Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 25 meters (0 to 82 feet).Mean = -842.200 meters (-2,763.123 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,920.140 based on 5 observations. Altitude 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:
Hormogoneae
()
- Subclass:
Nostocophycideae
()
- Order:
Nostocales
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Family:
Nostocaceae
()
- Eichler, 1886
- Genus:
Nodularia
()
- Specific descriptor:
harveyana
- (Thwaites) Thuret
- Scientific name: - Nodularia harveyana (Thwaites) Thuret
- Specific descriptor:
harveyana
- (Thwaites) Thuret
- Genus:
Nodularia
(
- Family:
Nostocaceae
(
- Order:
Nostocales
(
- Subclass:
Nostocophycideae
(
- Class:
Hormogoneae
(
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
(
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Nodularia harveyana (Thwaites) Thuret
- Nodularia turicensis (Cram.) Hansgirg
- Spermosira harveyana Thwaites
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Lawson S.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nodularia
There are approximately 29 species in this genus:
N. armorica · N. baltica · N. biwae · N. capitatus · N. crassa · N. dauglassae · N. douglasiae · N. epiphytica · N. fragosus (Elongated Turkana Robber) · N. grayana · N. grayanus · N. harveyana · N. harveyana var. sphaerocarpa · N. kirtlandianus · N. paludicolus · N. quadrata · N. skujae · N. sphaerocarpa · N. spumigena · N. spumigena var. crassa · N. spumigena var. major · N. spumigena var. minor · N. spumigena var. vacuolata · N. spumigena var. zujaris · N. spumigera · N. suhriana · N. tenuis · N. turicensis · N. willei
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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.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 26, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3868332
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13278724
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1428879
