Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -306 meters (0 to -1,004 feet).Mean = -203.620 meters (-668.045 feet), Standard Deviation = 151.330 based on 42 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Red Algae
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Nemaliales
()
- Family:
Pyraloidea
()
- Genus:
Scinaia
()
- (Turner) Bivona
- Specific epithet:
capensis
- (Setchell) Huisman
- Botanical name: - Scinaia capensis (Setchell) Huisman
- Specific epithet:
capensis
- (Setchell) Huisman
- Genus:
Scinaia
(
- Family:
Pyraloidea
(
- Order:
Nemaliales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Gloiophloea capensis Setchell
- Pseudogloiophloea capensis (Setchell) Levring
- Scinaia capensis (Setchell) Huisman
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scinaia
There are approximately 54 species in this genus:
S. aborealis · S. articulata · S. australis · S. bengalica · S. berggrenii · S. boergesenii · S. brasiliensis · S. canaliculata · S. capensis · S. caribaea · S. carnosa · S. complanata · S. complanata intermedia · S. complanata var. intermedia · S. confusa · S. cottonii · S. fascicularis · S. firma · S. flabellata · S. forcellata · S. furcata · S. furcellata · S. furcellata scandinavica · S. halliae · S. hatei · S. hormoides · S. howensis · S. huismanii · S. incrassata · S. indica · S. interrupta · S. japonica · S. johnstoniae · S. latifrons · S. minima · S. moniliformis · S. okamurae · S. okiensis · S. proliferata · S. pseudo-moniliformis · S. pseudocrispa · S. pseudojaponica · S. pseudomoniliformis · S. saifullahii · S. salicornioides · S. setchellii · S. shameelii · S. subcostata · S. tokidae · S. trigona · S. tsinglanensis · S. turgida · S. undulata · S. verae
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Notes
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 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 13, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bolus Herbarium Algal Specimen Database (AfrOBIS)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3914149
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-1761
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13276024
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 182811
