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 29 meters (94 feet).Standard Deviation = 79.760 based on 5 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:
Raphidophyceae
()
- Family:
Thaumastigaceae
()
- Genus:
Thaumatomastix
()
- Specific descriptor:
salina
- Scientific name: - Thaumatomastix salina
- Specific descriptor:
salina
- Genus:
Thaumatomastix
(
- Family:
Thaumastigaceae
(
- Class:
Raphidophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Thaumatomastix salina "(Birch-Andersen, 1973) Beech & Moestrup 1986"
- Thaumatomastix salina (Birch-Andersen, 1973) Beech & Moestrup 1986
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Thaumatomastix
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
T. dybsoena · T. formosa · T. fragilis · T. fusiformis (Seabream) · T. patelliformis · T. punctata · T. sagittifera · T. salina · T. setifera · T. splendida · T. thomseni · T. triangulata · T. tripus · T. type
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 3, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MICROBIS database
- International Census of Marine Microbes, MICROBIS database
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Niv
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3402353
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16167907
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2692079
