Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 45 meters (0 to 148 feet).Mean = 6.670 meters (21.883 feet), Standard Deviation = 11.390 based on 15 observations. Altitude 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:
Naviculales
()
- Bessey, 1907
- Suborder:
Sellaphorineae
()
- D.g. Mann, in F.e. Round Et Al., 1990
- Family:
Sellaphoraceae
()
- Mereschkowsky, 1902
- Genus:
Fallacia
()
- Specific descriptor:
pygmaea
- (Kützing) A.J. Stickle & D.G. Mann
- Scientific name: - Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) A.J. Stickle & D.G. Mann
- Specific descriptor:
pygmaea
- (Kützing) A.J. Stickle & D.G. Mann
- Genus:
Fallacia
(
- Family:
Sellaphoraceae
(
- Suborder:
Sellaphorineae
(
- Order:
Naviculales
(
- Subclass:
Bacillariophycidae
(
- Class:
Bacillariophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Diatomeae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Fallacia pygmaea (Kütz.) D. G. Mann in Round, Crawford & Mann
- Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) A. J. Stickle & D. G. Mann
- Navicula pygmaea Kützing
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fallacia
There are approximately 38 species in this genus:
F. auriculata · F. bioculata · F. brachium · F. carpentariae · F. costericardii · F. crassicostata · F. cryptolyra · F. cunoniae · F. diploneiodes · F. diploneoides · F. dithmarsica · F. ecuadoriana · F. egregia · F. escorialis · F. fenestrella · F. florinae · F. floriniae · F. fracta · F. frustulum · F. helensis · F. hudsonis · F. indifferens · F. inscriptura · F. limnophorina · F. marnieri · F. melanocephala · F. minima · F. mitis · F. monoculata · F. naumannii · F. nicobarica · F. nummularia · F. pygmaea · F. reichardtii · F. reissii · F. semilyrata · F. wuestii · F. zonata
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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.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 3, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3869655
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13282870
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2612929
