WoRMS taxon details
Calothrix confervicola (Dillwyn) C.Agardh, 1824
AphiaID: 146753
AphiaID: 146753
| Classification: Biota > Bacteria (Kingdom) > Gracilicutes (Subkingdom) > Cyanobacteria (Phylum) > Cyanophyceae (Class) > Nostocophycideae (Subclass) > Nostocales (Order) > Rivulariaceae (Family) > Calothrix (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Calothrix C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] additional source: León-Tejera, H., M. Gold-Morgan, and G. Montejano. 2009. Benthic Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 47–56 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Stati [details] additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: phytosynthetic based on chlorophyll a [details] Distribution: geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details] Habitat: grow in the intertidal zone, in mats or crusts on rocks [details] Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details] Remark: Drouet (1973: 163--164) chose a specimen in OXF as the lectotype of this species and assigned it to Calothrix crustacea Thuret. [details] Reproduction: Reproduction by random trichome breakage; some germinate from akinetes; form hormogonia distinguishable from mature trichomes by absence of heterocysts and one or more of the following characters [details] Taxonomy: this genus includes heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing forms that can have highly plastic growth forms depending on the environment [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146753 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Calothrix confervicola (Dillwyn) C.Agardh, 1824. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146753 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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