Interesting Facts
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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 2 meters (6 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
()
- Green Algae
- Family:
Not assigned
()
- Genus:
Actinastrum
()
- Lagerheim
- Specific epithet:
hantzschii
- Lagerheim
- Botanical name: - Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim
- Specific epithet:
hantzschii
- Lagerheim
- Genus:
Actinastrum
(
- Family:
Not assigned
(
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Actinastrum
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Further Reading
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- A quantitative and statistical study of the plankton of the San Joaquin River and its tributaries in and near Stockton, California, in 1913, by Winfred Emory Allen. Berkeley, University of California Press[1920] url p. 131, p. 197, p. 199, p. 231, p. 263, p. 275.
- Fresh-water biology, New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.]1918. url .
- Fresh-water biology, by Henry Baldwin Ward. .. and George Chandler Whipple. .. with the collaboration of a staff of specialists. New York: Wiley, 1944, c1918. url p. 159.
- Pflanzenphysiologie; Versuche und Beobachtungen an böheren und niederen Pflanzen einschliesslich Bakteriologie und Hydrobiologie mit Planktonkunde, von R. Kolkwitz. Zwiete, umgearbeitete Auflage. .. Jena, G. Fischer, 1922. url p. 182, p. 198, p. 289.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 111, p. 13, p. 267.
- Phytoplankton of the seasonal surveys of 1974 and 1975 and initial pre- vs. post-operational comparisons at Cook Nuclear Plant / Ann Arbor, Mich.: Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, [1977]. url p. 159.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 728.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 204, p. 29.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 45 1985 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 241.
- The life of Devils Lake, North Dakota, by R.T. Young. [Devils Lake]North Dakota biological station, 1924. url p. 68.
- The plankton of the Illinois river, 1894-1899, with introductory notes upon the hydrography of the Illinois river and its basin. By C. A. Kofoid. Urbana, Ill., 1903-08 url p. 23, p. 23, p. 24, p. 24.
- The seasonal biological surveys of 1971 / Ann Arbor, Mich.: Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, 1974. url p. 31.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 155.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 198, p. 199, p. 231, p. 232, p. 263, p. 275, p. 40.
Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase. Release date: December 14, 2004
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: GEO Biodiversity Day
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3870025
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-27824
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816254
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 186414
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 14.150 based on 500 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
