Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 0 meters (-1 feet).Standard Deviation = 10.070 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
)
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
()
- Order:
Fucales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Cystophora
()
- Specific descriptor:
retroflexa
- (Labillardière) J. Agardh
- Scientific name: - Cystophora retroflexa (Labillardière) J. Agardh
- Specific descriptor:
retroflexa
- (Labillardière) J. Agardh
- Genus:
Cystophora
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Fucales
(
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cystophora retroflexa (Labillardière) J. Agardh
- Cystoseira retroflexa (Labillardière) C. Agardh
- Fucus retroflexus Labillardière
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cystophora
There are approximately 39 species in this genus:
C. antillarum · C. botryocystis · C. brownii · C. cephalornithos · C. congesta · C. craterioides · C. cuspidata · C. cymodocea · C. cymodoceae · C. distenda · C. distenta · C. expansa · C. fibrosa · C. galapagensis · C. gracilis · C. grevillei · C. harveyi · C. intermedia · C. monilifera · C. moniliformis · C. paniculata · C. pectinata · C. platylobium · C. polycystidea · C. racemosa · C. racemosa var. reflexa · C. retorta · C. retroflexa · C. scalaris · C. siliquosa · C. sonderi · C. spartioides · C. subfarcinata · C. subfarinata · C. tenuis · C. torulosa · C. uvifera · C. verruculosa · C. xiphocarpa
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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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 12, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Guiry, M.D. (from AlgaeBase).
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 29, 2008.
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3907788
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-11777
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13274802
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1783760
