Interesting Facts
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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 64 meters (211 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Myzozoa
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith & E.E. Chao, 2004
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
()
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
()
- Class:
Syndiniophyceae
()
- Loeblich III, 1976
- Order:
Syndiniales
()
- Loeblich III, 1976
- Family:
Syndiniaceae
()
- Chatton, 1920
- Genus:
Merodinium
()
- Chatton, 1923
- Specific descriptor:
brandtii
- (Hovasse) Chatton
- Scientific name: - Merodinium brandtii (Hovasse) Chatton
- Specific descriptor:
brandtii
- (Hovasse) Chatton
- Genus:
Merodinium
(
- Family:
Syndiniaceae
(
- Order:
Syndiniales
(
- Class:
Syndiniophyceae
(
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
(
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
(
- Phylum:
Myzozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
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Members of the genus Merodinium
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3535315
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-65246
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13303603
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2930279
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 253.180 based on 617 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
