Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 95 meters (0 to 312 feet).Mean = 22.850 meters (74.967 feet), Standard Deviation = 26.310 based on 13 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
()
- Auct.
- Green Algae
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Chlorophyceae
()
- T. Christensen, 1994
- Order:
Chlorococcales
()
- Family:
Oocystaceae
()
- Genus:
Quadrigula
()
- Specific epithet:
closterioides
- (Bohlin) Printz
- Botanical name: - Quadrigula closterioides (Bohlin) Printz
- Specific epithet:
closterioides
- (Bohlin) Printz
- Genus:
Quadrigula
(
- Family:
Oocystaceae
(
- Order:
Chlorococcales
(
- Class:
Chlorophyceae
(
- Infraphylum:
Tetraphytae
(
- Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
(
- Phylum:
Chlorophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Ankistrodesmus closterioides (Bohlin) Printz
- Nephrocytium closterioides Bohlin
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Quadrigula
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
Q. chodati · Q. chodatii · Q. closteriodes · Q. closterioides · Q. fasciculata · Q. korshikovii · Q. korsikovii · Q. lacustris · Q. pfitzeri
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Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- NLBIF: Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3308752
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-34703
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13285043
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 191448
