Overview
Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 26 meters (84 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- 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:
Cryptonemiales
()
- Family:
Dumontiaceae
()
- Genus:
Dumontia
()
- J.V.F. Lamouroux, 1813
- Specific epithet:
contorta
- (S.G. Gmelin) Ruprecht
- Botanical name: - Dumontia contorta (S.G. Gmelin) Ruprecht
- Specific epithet:
contorta
- (S.G. Gmelin) Ruprecht
- Genus:
Dumontia
(
- Family:
Dumontiaceae
(
- Order:
Cryptonemiales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Conferva filiformis Hornemann • Dumontia filiformis (Hornemann) Greville • Dumontia filiformis f. crispata (Greville) Hauck • Dumontia incrassata var. crispata Batters • Dumontia incrassata< /i> (O. F. Müller) J. V. LamourouxFucus contortus S. G. Gmelin • Gastridium filiforme (Hornemann) Lynbye • Gastridium filiforme var. flavum Lyngbye • Gastridium filiforme var. incrassatum (O. F. Müller) Lyngbye • Gastridium filiforme var. intestiniformis Liebmann • Gastridium filiforme var. rugosum O. F. Müller Ex Lyngbye • Gastridium filiforme var. spongiforme (O. F. Müller) Lyngbye • Halymenia filiformis (Hornemann) C. Agardh • Halymenia purpurascens var. crispata Greville • Ulva compressa var. purpurea C. Agardh • Ulva filiformis Hornemann • Ulva spongiformis O. F. Müller
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dumontia
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 115, p. 121, p. 126, p. 139, p. 146, p. 149, p. 89.
- Monitoring the marine environment of Long Island Sound at Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Waterford, Connecticut: three operational studies, 1986-1987 / [prepared by the Environmental Laboratory staff of Northeast Utilities Service Company]. Waterford, Connecticut: Northeast Utilities, [1988] url p. 16.
- The algae of the Arctic Sea, a survey of the species, together with an exposition of the general characters and the development of the flora. Stockholm, Norstedt, 1883. url .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:
- Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in the Foundation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research: AWI-Herbarium Marine Macroalgae
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3912063
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-130
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 3138531
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 182265
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 196.600 based on 1,161 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
