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Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve, 1873 
AphiaID: 149055

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Coscinodiscophycidae (Subclass) > Coscinodiscanae (Superorder) > Paraliales (Order) > Paraliaceae (Family) > Paralia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Paralia Heiberg, 1863
Synonymised
taxa
  Gallionella sulcata Ehrenberg, 1839 (synonym)
Melosira marina (W.Smith) Janisch, 1862
Melosira sulcata (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844 (synonym)
Orthoseira marina W.Smith, 1856 (synonym)
Paralia marina (W.Smith) Heiberg
Paralia sulcata var. genuina Grunow (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Muylaert, K.; Sabbe, K. (1999). Spring phytoplankton assemblages in and around the maximum turbidity zone of the estuaries of the Elbe (Germany), the Schelde (Belgium/The Netherlands) and the Gironde (France). J. Mar. Syst. 22: 133-149 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Horner, R.A. 2002. A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress Ltd. Bristol. 195 p.  [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: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details]

additional source: Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/Proceedings/bsep95.pdf [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Krayesky, D. M., E. Meave del Castillo, E. Zamudio, J. N. Norris, and S. Fredericq. 2009. Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 155–186 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Martin, J.L., M.M. LeGresley and P.M. Strain. 2001. Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349. iv + 85 p. [details] [view taxon]

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Variety Paralia sulcata var. genuina Grunow accepted as Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve, 1873
Environment marine
Distribution Baie des Chaleurs [details]
Bay of Fundy [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Blankenberge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Scotian Shelf [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: phytosynthetic [details]

Distribution: neritic and littoral; occasionally found in the plankton; probably cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat: pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]

Importance: most abundant phylum of algae [details]

Morphology: yellow brown in color, not green [details]

Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Reproduction: general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
Images 
Meunier (1915, pl. 11)
Meunier (1915, pl. 11)
added on 2008-07-18 - author: A. Meunier
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Meunier (1910, pl. 30)
Meunier (1910, pl. 30)
added on 2008-08-04 - author: A. Meunier
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Melosira sulcata
[image from synonym]
Melosira sulcata
added on 2011-03-09 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dalhousie University, Rajashree Gouda ()
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Melosira sulcata
[image from synonym]
Melosira sulcata
added on 2011-03-09 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dalhousie University, Rajashree Gouda ()
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Paralia sulcata
Paralia sulcata
added on 2011-03-09 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dalhousie University, Rajashree Gouda ()
qualitystatus: not checked

PlanktonNet Image  
PlanktonNet Image
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149055
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-03-30 08:52:46Z  created  db_admin
2005-07-06 06:51:39Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-01-14 10:11:41Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) Cleve, 1873. 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=149055 on 2013-05-19
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