Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 4 meters (13 feet).Standard Deviation = 88.540 based on 367 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Chromista
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Subphylum:
Phaeista
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Infraphylum:
Chrysista
()
- (Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Superclass:
Phaeistia
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Class:
Dictyotales
()
- Order:
Phaeophyceae
()
- Family:
Dictyotaceae
()
-
- Genus:
Dictyopteris
()
- Specific descriptor:
membranacea
- (Stackhouse) Batters
- Scientific name: - Dictyopteris membranacea (Stackhouse) Batters
- Specific descriptor:
membranacea
- (Stackhouse) Batters
- Genus:
Dictyopteris
(
- Family:
Dictyotaceae
(
- Order:
Phaeophyceae
(
- Class:
Dictyotales
(
- Superclass:
Phaeistia
(
- Infraphylum:
Chrysista
(
- Subphylum:
Phaeista
(
- Phylum:
Ochrophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Heterokonta
(
- Subkingdom:
Chromobiota
(
- Kingdom:
Chromista
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dictyopteris
There are approximately 44 species in this genus:
D. acrostichoides · D. ambigua · D. australis · D. australis forma karachiensis · D. austrelis · D. camiguinensis · D. cokeri · D. crassinervia · D. delicatula · D. diaphana · D. dichotoma · D. divaricata · D. fucoides · D. gracilis · D. hoytii · D. iyengarii · D. iyengeri · D. jamaicensis · D. johnstonei · D. jolyana · D. justii · D. latiuscula · D. ligulata · D. longifolia · D. lucida · D. macrocarpa · D. membranacea · D. muelleri · D. nigricans · D. obliqua · D. papenfussii · D. pardalis · D. plagiogramma (Limu Lipoa) · D. polypodioides · D. prolifera · D. punctata · D. repens · D. rubella · D. serrata · D. serrulata · D. tripolitana · D. undulata · D. woodwardia · D. zonarioides
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Notes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2640539
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13276573
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3950814
