Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 12 meters (39 feet).Standard Deviation = 91.070 based on 426 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
)
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
()
- Order:
Dictyotales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Dictyopteris
()
- (Stackhouse) Batters
- Specific descriptor:
polypodioides
- (A.P. de Candolle) J.V. Lamouroux
- Scientific name: - Dictyopteris polypodioides (A.P. de Candolle) J.V. Lamouroux
- Specific descriptor:
polypodioides
- (A.P. de Candolle) J.V. Lamouroux
- Genus:
Dictyopteris
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Dictyotales
(
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Dictyopteris ambigua (Clemente) Cremades
- Dictyopteris membranacea (Stackhouse) Batters
- Dictyopteris polypodioides (A. P. de Candolle) J. V. Lamouroux
- Dictyopteris punctata Noda
- Fucus ambiguus Clemente
- Fucus membranaceus Stackhouse
- Fucus polypodioides Desfontaines
- Haliseris polypodioides (A.P. de Candolle) C. Agardh
- Polypodoidea membranacea Stackhouse
- Ulva polypodioides A.P. de Candolle
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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
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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 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 29, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 17, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Algae
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Benthic Marine data from CCW Technical Support (Research & Monitoring) Contracts
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Survey of North Wales and Pembrokeshire tide influenced communities.
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Natural England - Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by English Nature
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3907298
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-59
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13300277
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1789043
