WoRMS taxon details
Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye, 1819
AphiaID: 146819
AphiaID: 146819
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Laminariales (Order) > Chordaceae (Family) > Chorda (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Synonym) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund, 1957 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Chorda Stackhouse, 1797 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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] additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details] additional source: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Chorda tomentosa f. subfulva Foslie, 1890 accepted as Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund, 1957 Variety Chorda tomentosa var. subfulva (Foslie) Lily Newton, 1931 accepted as Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund, 1957 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norway [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: photosynthetic [details] Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Habitat: dense clumps to 12 m [details] Morphology: Brown colour results from the dominance of the xanthophyll fucoxanthin; this masks the other pigments, Chlorophyll a and c (no chlorophyll b), beta-carotene and other xanthophylls. [details] Reproduction: general for group: most brown algae have an alternation of haploid and dioploid generations; The haploid thalli form isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous gametes and the diploid thalli form zoospores by meiosis. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146819 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye, 1819. 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=146819 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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