Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,192 meters (0 to -7,192 feet).Mean = -520.560 meters (-1,707.874 feet), Standard Deviation = 657.530 based on 9 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Myzozoa
()
- Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
()
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
()
- Class:
Dinophyceae
()
- (Bütschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
- Subclass:
Gymnodiniphycidae
()
- Fensome Et Al., 1993b
- Order:
Gymnodiniales
()
- Apstein, 1909
- Family:
Gymnodiniaceae
()
- (Bergh, 1881a) Lankester, 1885
- Genus:
Amphidinium
()
- Specific descriptor:
acutissimum
- Schiller
- Scientific name: - Amphidinium acutissimum Schiller
- Specific descriptor:
acutissimum
- Schiller
- Genus:
Amphidinium
(
- Family:
Gymnodiniaceae
(
- Order:
Gymnodiniales
(
- Subclass:
Gymnodiniphycidae
(
- Class:
Dinophyceae
(
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
(
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
(
- Phylum:
Myzozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Amphidinium acutissimum Schiller
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amphidinium
There are approximately 115 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. acutissimum · A. acutum · A. amphidinioides · A. amphidinoides · A. belauense · A. bipes · A. boggayum · A. bourrellyi · A. britannicum · A. carbunculus · A. carterae · A. carteri · A. celestinum · A. chattonii · A. coeruluem · A. conradii · A. conus · A. corallinum · A. corpulentum · A. corrugatum · A. crassum · A. cristatum · A. cryophilum · A. curvatum · A. cyaneoturbo · A. discoidale · A. dubium · A. elegans · A. elenkinii · A. eludens · A. emarginatum · A. extensum · A. flagellans · A. flagellum · A. flexum · A. geitleri · A. gibbosum · A. glabrum · A. glaucum · A. globosum · A. gyrinum · A. hadai (Panamic Green Moray) · A. herdmanii · A. hoefleri · A. hofleri · A. hyalinum · A. incoloratum · A. inflatum · A. kesselitzii · A. kesslitzi · A. klebsii · A. kofoidi · A. kofoidii · A. lacunarum · A. lacustre · A. lacustriforme · A. lanceolatum · A. larvale · A. latum · A. lilloense · A. lohamari · A. longum · A. luteum · A. macrocephalum · A. mammillatum · A. manannini · A. massartii · A. microcephalum · A. mootonorum · A. mucicolum · A. operculatum · A. ornithocephalum · A. ovoideum · A. ovum · A. pelagicum · A. pellucidum · A. phaeocysticola · A. phthartum · A. poecilochroum · A. prismaticum · A. psammophilum · A. pseudogalbanum · A. psittacus · A. purpureum · A. radiatum · A. redekei · A. rhynchocephalum · A. rotundatum · A. salinum · A. schroderi · A. scissoides · A. scissum · A. semilunatum · A. skujae · A. sphagnicola · A. sphenoides · A. steinii · A. stellatum · A. stigmatum · A. sulcatum
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Notes
Contributors
- AlgaeBase, 3.0, 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 4, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 15, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS)
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Nivå Bay species list, Sjælland, Denmark
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3868499
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13296395
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2925192
