Kephyrion circumvallatum

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 3 meters (9 feet).Standard Deviation = 5.340 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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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: Phaeista () - Cavalier-Smith, 1995
        Infraphylum: Chrysista () - (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
        Superclass: Limnistia () - Cavalier-Smith, 1996
        Class: Chrysophyceae () - Pascher, 1914
        Order: Chromulinales () - Pascher, 1910b
        Family: Dinobryaceae () - Ehrenberg, 1834
        Genus: Kephyrion ()
        Specific descriptor: circumvallatum
        Scientific name: - Kephyrion circumvallatum