Dictyopteris diaphana

Description

Habitat

Ecology: D. diaphana has been recorded at 55 m depth at Post Office Bay (Taylor 1945), and specimens attributed to this species, but still to be confirmed, collected at 14 m at Las Cuevas on rock at the rock-sand interface (CDRS record 2001). (Ref. 76319)

List of Habitats :9.3Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel 9.4Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Chromista ()
- Phylum: Ochrophyta ()
  - Class: Phaeophyceae ()
    - Order: Dictyotales ()
      - Family: Scarabaeoidea ()
        Genus: Dictyopteris ()
        Specific descriptor: diaphana - W.R. Taylor
        Scientific name: - Dictyopteris diaphana W.R. Taylor

Unambiguous Synonyms

Dictyopteris diaphana Taylor

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Dictyopteris

There are approximately 44 species in this genus:

D. acrostichoides · D. ambigua · D. australis · D. australis forma karachiensis · D. austrelis · D. camiguinensis · D. cokeri · D. crassinervia · D. delicatula · D. diaphana · D. dichotoma · D. divaricata · D. fucoides · D. gracilis · D. hoytii · D. iyengarii · D. iyengeri · D. jamaicensis · D. johnstonei · D. jolyana · D. justii · D. latiuscula · D. ligulata · D. longifolia · D. lucida · D. macrocarpa · D. membranacea · D. muelleri · D. nigricans · D. obliqua · D. papenfussii · D. pardalis · D. plagiogramma (Limu Lipoa) · D. polypodioides · D. prolifera · D. punctata · D. repens · D. rubella · D. serrata · D. serrulata · D. tripolitana · D. undulata · D. woodwardia · D. zonarioides

Bibliography

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Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
Wellington, G.M. 1975. The Galápagos coastal marine environments. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. : 357. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Quito.

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Contributors

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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.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 25, 2008.
Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3525985
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-26715
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13279424
IUCN ID: 63586
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2908085