Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 36 meters (116 feet).Standard Deviation = 42.150 based on 4 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
()
- (Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956
- Ciliates
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
()
- Lynn, 1996
- Class:
Phyllopharyngea
()
- De Puytorac Et Al., 1974
- Subclass:
Suctoria
()
- Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
- Order:
Endogenida
()
- Collin, 1912
- Family:
Acinetidae
()
- Stein, 1859
- Genus:
Acineta
()
- Ehrenberg, 1833
- Specific descriptor:
Acineta
- Ehrenberg, [1834]
- Scientific name: - Acineta tuberosa Ehrenberg, [1834]
- Specific descriptor:
Acineta
- Ehrenberg, [1834]
- Genus:
Acineta
(
- Family:
Acinetidae
(
- Order:
Endogenida
(
- Subclass:
Suctoria
(
- Class:
Phyllopharyngea
(
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acineta tubenosa
- Acineta tuberosa Pallas 1766
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acineta
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
A. compressa · A. fluviatilis · A. grahami · A. humboltii · A. humoldtii · A. papillifera · A. tuberosa
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Niv
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3393082
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16179153
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2103560
