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
(
)
- 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
- Subclass:
Lithodesmiophycidae
(
)
- F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford, in F.E. Round et al., 1990
- Order:
Lithodesmiales
(
)
- F.E. Round & R.M. Crawford, in F.E. Round et al., 1990
- Family:
Lithodesmiaceae
(
)
- H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1897-1908
- Genus:
Ditylum
(
)
- W. Bailey, 1861
- Specific descriptor:
brightwellii
- (T. West) Grunow
- Scientific name: - Ditylum brightwellii (T. West) Grunow
- Specific descriptor:
brightwellii
- (T. West) Grunow
- Genus:
Ditylum
(
- Family:
Lithodesmiaceae
(
- Order:
Lithodesmiales
(
- Subclass:
Lithodesmiophycidae
(
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
Synonyms
Ditylum inaequale J. W. Bailey Ex L. W. Bailey • Ditylum trigonum L. W. Bailey Ex L. W. Bailey • Triceratium brightwellii T. West
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ditylum
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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. 457.
- Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] url p. 829.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 74.
- Discovery reports. London; Cambridge University Press. url p. 326.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 1076, p. 1081, p. 1309, p. 1321, p. 190, p. 579, p. 634.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 123, p. 180.
- Global venting, midwater, and benthic ecological processes / Michael P. De Luca and Ivar Babb, editors. [Rockville, Md.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Undersea Research, [1988] url p. 395, p. 400.
- International Decade of Ocean Exploration: progress report, volume 5: April 1975 to April 1976 / prepared by the U.S. Environmental Data Service, under contract to the National Science Foundation, Office for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. Washington: The Service, 1976. url p. 49.
- Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 14, p. 15.
- Papers in marine biology and oceanography, dedicated to Henry Bryant Bigelow by his former students and associates on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1955. London, Pergamon Press, 1955. url p. 60.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 103, p. 576, p. 578, p. 728.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 133, p. 141, p. 143, p. 145, p. 148, p. 150, p. 160, p. 206.
- Symposium on Marine Microbiology; [papers] Compiled and edited by Carl. H. Oppenheimer. Springfield, Ill., Thomas[1963] url p. 128, p. 130.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 11, p. 179, p. 380.
- The Diatomaceæ of Philadelphia and vicinity, by Charles S. Boyer, illustrated with seven hundred drawings by the author. Philadelphia, Press of J. B. Lippincott company, 1916. url p. 30.
- The seasonal distribution of Atlantic plankton organisms / by P.T. Cleve. Göteborg: D.F. Bonniers, 1900. url p. 325.
- Water in the physiology of plants, by A. S. Crafts, H. B. Currier and C. R. Stocking. Waltham, Mass., Chronica Botanica Co., 1949. url p. 234.
Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase, 3.0, 2004.
- AlgaeBase. Release date: December 14, 2004
- Behnke Nurseries, Potomac MD USA
- 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MICROBIS database (CoML)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Phytoplankton Universidad Arturo Prat (OBIS South America, SOUTH PACIFIC NODE)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- International Census of Marine Microbes: MICROBIS database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 429354
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-37800
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13759163
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2465071
Footnotes
- Mean = -716.140 meters (-2,349.541 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,597.840 based on 5,324 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
