Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -8,654 meters (0 to -28,392 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Arecidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Arecanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Arecales
()
- Bromhead, 1840
- Family:
Palmae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Calamoideae
()
- Tribe:
Lepidocaryeae
()
- Subtribe:
Mauritiinae
()
- Genus:
Mauritia
()
- Linnaeus f., 1782
- Specific epithet:
mauritiana
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Botanical name: - Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific epithet:
mauritiana
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Mauritia
(
- Subtribe:
Mauritiinae
(
- Tribe:
Lepidocaryeae
(
- Subfamily:
Calamoideae
(
- Family:
Palmae
(
- Order:
Arecales
(
- Superorder:
Arecanae
(
- Subclass:
Arecidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mauritia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. aculeata (Single-Stemmed Morichito Palm) · M. carana (Carana Palm) · M. flexuosa (Aguaje Palm) · M. martiana (Smooth-Trunked Carana Palm) · M. vinifera (Mauritia)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 486.
- Seas, maps, and men; an atlas-history of man's exploration of the oceans. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday[1962] url p. 297.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 22.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 107, p. 301.
Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5972068
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16062736
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 837240
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,186.850 meters (-7,174.705 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,378.870 based on 168 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
