Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -9,001 meters (0 to -29,531 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Chromista
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
()
- (Dumortier, 1821) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Diatoms
- Class:
Coscinodiscophyceae
()
- F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford, in F.E. Round et al., 1990
- Subclass:
Chaetocerotophycidae
()
- F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford, in F.E. Round et al., 1990
- Order:
Chaetocerotales
()
- F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford, in F.E. Round et al., 1990
- Family:
Chaetocerotaceae
()
- Ralfs, in Pritchard, 1861
- Genus:
Chaetoceros
()
- C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844
- Specific descriptor:
compressus
- Scientific name: - Chaetoceros compressus
- Specific descriptor:
compressus
- Genus:
Chaetoceros
(
- Family:
Chaetocerotaceae
(
- Order:
Chaetocerotales
(
- Subclass:
Chaetocerotophycidae
(
- Class:
Coscinodiscophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
Synonyms
Chaetoceros Compressum • Chaetoceros compressum Lauder
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Members of the genus Chaetoceros
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Further Reading
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- Advances in marine environmental research: proceedings of a symposium / Francine Sakin Jacoff, editor. Narragansett, R.I.: Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1979. url .
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 63, p. 64, p. 65, p. 68.
- Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 1, p. 32, p. 33, p. 34, p. 67, p. 70, p. 72.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 406, p. 408.
- Results of the second joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Bering Sea Expedition Summer 1984 [Moscow?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 1990 url p. 119, p. 122, p. 124, p. 295.
- Results of the third joint US-USSR Bering & Chukchi Seas expedition (BERPAC): Summer 1988 / John F. Turner, . .. [et al.]; P.A. Nagel, editor. Washington, DC: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1992. url p. 121, p. 122.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 199, p. 200.
- The ecology of the Apalachicola Bay system: an estuarine profile / by Robert J. Livingston (Department of Biological Science, Florida State University); prepared for National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Division of Biological Services, Research and Development, Fish an Washington, D.C.: The Service, [1984] url p. 33.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 14, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 13, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MICROBIS database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- International Census of Marine Microbes, MICROBIS database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2637203
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14664173
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2821684
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,043.870 meters (-6,705.610 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,278.530 based on 3,544 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
