Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine [1].
Ecology:
Dredged from 55 m
depth (Taylor 1945).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Bonnemaisoniales
()
- Family:
Bonnemaisoniaceae
()
-
- Genus:
Asparagopsis
()
- Montagne, in P.B. Webb & Berthelot, 1841
- Specific epithet:
svedelii
- W.R.Taylor
- Botanical name: - Asparagopsis svedelii W.R.Taylor
- Specific epithet:
svedelii
- W.R.Taylor
- Genus:
Asparagopsis
(
- Family:
Bonnemaisoniaceae
(
- Order:
Bonnemaisoniales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
A. svedelii may be synononymous with A. taxiformis,
a widespread species (K
.A. Miller pers. comm.
).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Asparagopsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. armata (Feamainn Mhuirgha) · A. densiflora (Sprenger's Asparagus Fern) · A. hamifera (Hooked Weed) · A. setacea (Cypress Asparagus Fern) · A. taxiformis (Supreme Limu)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
- Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Asparagopsis svedelii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3306003
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-26742
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13279447
- IUCN ID: 192939
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 185551
Footnotes
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Asparagopsis svedelii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
