Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,192 meters (0 to -7,192 feet).Mean = -385.490 meters (-1,264.731 feet), Standard Deviation = 408.710 based on 39 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
)
- Phylum:
Cryptophyta
()
- Class:
Cryptophyceae
()
- Order:
Pyrenomonadales
()
- Family:
Geminigeraceae
()
- Genus:
Teleaulax
()
- Specific descriptor:
acuta
- (Butcher) D. R. A. Hill
- Scientific name: - Teleaulax acuta (Butcher) D. R. A. Hill
- Specific descriptor:
acuta
- (Butcher) D. R. A. Hill
- Genus:
Teleaulax
(
- Family:
Geminigeraceae
(
- Order:
Pyrenomonadales
(
- Class:
Cryptophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Cryptophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cryptomonas acuta Butcher
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Teleaulax
There are approximately 3 species in this genus:
T. acuta · T. amphioxeia · T. merimbula
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Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 15, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS)
- NLBIF: Limnodata
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Nivå Bay species list, Sjælland, Denmark
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5701700
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-48349
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13294702
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2922388
