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 = 12.060 based on 61 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
Bacillariophyceae
()
- Haeckel, 1878
- Subclass:
Bacillariophycidae
()
- (Haeckel, 1878) Mann, 1990
- Order:
Bacillariales
()
- Hendey, 1937
- Family:
Bacillariaceae
()
- Ehrenberg, 1831
- Genus:
Denticula
()
- Specific descriptor:
subtilis
- Grunow
- Scientific name: - Denticula subtilis Grunow
- Specific descriptor:
subtilis
- Grunow
- Genus:
Denticula
(
- Family:
Bacillariaceae
(
- Order:
Bacillariales
(
- Subclass:
Bacillariophycidae
(
- Class:
Bacillariophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Denticula rainierensis Sovereign
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..
Similar Species
Members of the genus Denticula
There are approximately 19 species in this genus:
D. antarctica · D. debyi · D. frigida · D. hyalina · D. interrupta · D. kuetzingii · D. nicobarica · D. norwegica · D. obtusa · D. pelagica · D. punctata · D. subtiles · D. subtilis · D. sundaysensis · D. tabellaria · D. tenuis · D. valida · D. vanheurckii · D. watanabei
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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 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3311520
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13283966
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2755148
