Mastocarpus stellatus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 21 meters (69 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Chondrus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) Lyngbye • Chondrus mammillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse • Fucus coronopifolius Zoega • Fucus mamillosus Goodenough & Woodward • Fucus stellatus Stackhouse • Gigartina cornopifolia (Zoega) P. C. Silva • Gigartina mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) J. Agardh • Gigartina stellata (Stackhouse) Batters • Gigartina stellata var. acuta Goodenough & Woodward • Gigartina stellata var. incurvata Turner • Gigartina stellata var. prolifera Turner • Mastocarpus mamillosus< /i> (Goodenough & Woodward) KützingPetrocelis cruenta J. Agardh • Phyllophora mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Fries • Rhodymenia mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Areschoug • Sphaerococcus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) C. Agardh • Sphaerococcus mamillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) C. Agardh

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mastocarpus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. stellatus (Carragheen)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 22, p. 229, p. 26, p. 29, p. 33.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 100, p. 71.

Notes

Contributors

• AFD: Australian Faunal Directory (Pulmonata)
• AlgaeBase, 3.0, 2004.
• AlgaeBase. Release date: December 14, 2004
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 2, 2007.
• Carr, Gerald
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• Guiry, M.D. (from AlgaeBase).
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed February 27, 2006. www.iobis.org
• 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.
• Smith, B.J., Reid, S. and Ponder, W.F. (from AFD).
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

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: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3913423
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-24
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5261537
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 184726

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 246.290 based on 2,286 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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