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 -19 meters (-61 feet).Standard Deviation = 25.940 based on 4 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:
triangulata
- Scientific name: - Thaumatomastix triangulata
- Specific descriptor:
triangulata
- Genus:
Thaumatomastix
(
- Family:
Thaumastigaceae
(
- Class:
Raphidophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Thaumatomastix triangulata "(Balonov, 1980) Beech & Moestrup 1986"
- Thaumatomastix triangulata (Balonov, 1980) 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 2, 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, Priest Pot species list, Cumbria, Britain
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3402359
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16167910
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2438427
