Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine [1].
Ecology:
This red alga
has been reported to occur at depths of 7.5 to 30.4
m
, (Taylor 1945, 2004 UC, K
.A. Miller pers. comm.
).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Gigartinales
()
- Family:
Kallymeniaceae
()
- Genus:
Kallymenia
()
- J.G. Agardh, 1842
- Specific epithet:
multiloba
- W.R.Taylor
- Botanical name: - Kallymenia multiloba W.R.Taylor
- Specific epithet:
multiloba
- W.R.Taylor
- Genus:
Kallymenia
(
- Family:
Kallymeniaceae
(
- Order:
Gigartinales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Foliose
red algae are notoriously difficult to identify; without
fertile
material
, even experts cannot make firm determinations. This
species is likely to be misidentified and all records
need confirmation
(K
.A. Miller pers. comm.
)[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Kallymenia
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Further Reading
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- Edgar, G. and Garske, L. 2005. Conservation Outcome Indicators for the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Report to Conservation International. Pto. Ayora, Galápagos.
- Edgar, G., Banks, S., Brandt, M., Bustamante, R., Chiriboga, A., Earle, S., Garske, L., Glynn, P., Henderson, S., Hickman, C., Miller, K., Rivera, F. and Wellington, G. . In review. El Niño, Fisheries and animal grazer interact to magnify extinction risk for marine species in Galápagos.
- IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
- Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Kallymenia multiloba. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3533104
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-62791
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13301762
- IUCN ID: 217197
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 203362
Footnotes
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Kallymenia multiloba. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
