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Padina tetrasomatica

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 -38 meters (-124 feet).Standard Deviation = 105.170 based on 17 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: 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: Phaeophyceae ()
        Order: Dictyotales ()
        Family: Dictyotaceae () - �
        Genus: Padina ()
        Specific descriptor: tetrasomatica
        Scientific name: - Padina tetrasomatica

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Padina

There are approximately 50 species in this genus:

P. antillarum · P. arborescens · P. atomaria · P. australis · P. boergesenii · P. boryana · P. caulescens · P. collaris · P. commersonii · P. concrescens · P. crassa · P. crispata · P. distromatica · P. dubia · P. durvillaei · P. elegans · P. fraseri · P. glabra · P. gymnospora · P. haitiensis · P. interrupta · P. jamaicensis · P. japonica · P. jonesii · P. mediterranea · P. melemele · P. mexicana · P. minor · P. moffittiana · P. omphalodes · P. parvula · P. pavonia · P. pavonica (Peacock's Tail) · P. perindusiata · P. phasiana · P. plumbea · P. profunda · P. ryukyuana · P. ryukyuensis · P. sanctae-crucis · P. somalensis · P. stipitata · P. tenuis · P. tetrasomatica · P. tetrastromatica · P. thivyae · P. thivyi · P. variegata · P. vickersiae · P. zonata

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:

National Chemical Laboratory: Biological Collection, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17415304
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3756865

Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-10-28