Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 60 meters (198 feet).Standard Deviation = 159.380 based on 11 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
)
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
()
- Order:
Ectocarpales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Isthmoplea
()
- Specific descriptor:
sphaerophora
- (Carmichael) Kjellman
- Scientific name: - Isthmoplea sphaerophora (Carmichael) Kjellman
- Specific descriptor:
sphaerophora
- (Carmichael) Kjellman
- Genus:
Isthmoplea
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Ectocarpales
(
- Class:
Phaeophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Capsicarpella sphaerospora (Carmichael ex Harvey) Bory de Saint-Vincent
- Ectocarpus sphaerophorus Carmichael
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Isthmoplea
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
I. rupincola · I. sphaerophora
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Notes
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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 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 437370
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-288
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13280779
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2912541
