Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,355 meters (0 to -17,569 feet).Mean = -1,738.780 meters (-5,704.659 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,802.010 based on 1,574 observations. 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:
Oligohymenophorea
()
- De Puytorac Et Al., 1974
- Subclass:
Peritrichia
()
- Stein, 1859
- Order:
Sessilida
()
- Kahl, 1933
- Family:
Vorticellidae
()
- Ehrenberg, 1838
- Genus:
Zoothamnium
()
- Specific descriptor:
pelagicum
- Scientific name: - Zoothamnium pelagicum
- Specific descriptor:
pelagicum
- Genus:
Zoothamnium
(
- Family:
Vorticellidae
(
- Order:
Sessilida
(
- Subclass:
Peritrichia
(
- Class:
Oligohymenophorea
(
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Zoothamnium
There are approximately 6 species in this genus:
Z. alternans · Z. duplicatum · Z. elegans · Z. pelagicum · Z. pygmaeum · Z. simplex
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 20, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Continuous Plankton Recorder database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10323840
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16252078
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2198477
