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Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round, 1990 
AphiaID: 149139

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Fragilariophycidae (Subclass) > Fragilariophycanae (Superorder) > Fragilariales (Order) > Fragilariaceae (Family) > Asterionellopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Asterionellopsis Round, 1990
Parent Asterionellopsis Round, 1990
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterionella glacialis Castracane, 1886 (basionym)
Asterionella japonica Cleve, 1882 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (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: 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]

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: 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]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hartley, B. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 66: 531-610. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Baie des Chaleurs [details]
Bay of Fundy [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea (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]
Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Lombardsijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Scotian Shelf [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: phytosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Cosmopolitan, sometimes abundant in cold to temperate waters. Often occurs as one member of the surf zone diatom community. [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. 14)
Meunier (1915, pl. 14)
added on 2008-07-18 - author: A. Meunier
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Asterionellopsis glacialis
Asterionellopsis glacialis
added on 2010-02-10 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round
Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round
added on 2011-03-10 - author: Mount Allison University, F. Muise ()
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Asterionellopsis glacialis
Asterionellopsis glacialis
added on 2011-05-09 - author: Hobson, Lou ()
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Asterionellopsis glacialis
Asterionellopsis glacialis
added on 2011-05-09 - author: Hobson, Lou ()
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Asterionellopsis glacialis
Asterionellopsis glacialis
added on 2011-07-15 - author: Hobson, Lou ()
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PlanktonNet Image  
PlanktonNet Image
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149139
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-03-30 08:52:46Z  created  db_admin
2005-07-07 07:02:57Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-01-13 15:49:28Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-03-08 13:10:20Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round, 1990. 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=149139 on 2013-05-21
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