WoRMS taxon details
Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853
AphiaID: 149213
AphiaID: 149213
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Bacillariophycidae (Subclass) > Bacillariophycanae (Superorder) > Bacillariales (Order) > Bacillariaceae (Family) > Nitzschia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Nitzschia Hassall, 1845 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Homoeocladia sigma (Kützing) Kuntze, 1898 (synonym) Sigmatella sigma (Kützing) Frenguelli, 1923 (synonym) Synedra sigma Kützing, 1844 (Basionym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: SAHFOS (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science) - Continuous Plankton
Recorder survey [details] basis of record: CAS Diatoms Database., available online at http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/hanna_db/SearchTaxLoc.html [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: Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566. [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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Nitzschia sigma rigida Variety Nitzschia sigma var. armoricana (Kützing) Grunow, 1880 accepted as  Variety Nitzschia sigma var. clausii (Hantzsch) Grunow, 1878 accepted as Nitzschia clausii Hantzsch, 1860 Variety Nitzschia sigma var. fasciculata Grunow, 1878 accepted as Nitzschia fasciculata (Grunow) Grunow, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baie des Chaleurs [details] Bay of Fundy [details] Blankenberge [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ramisi [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: phytosynthetic [details] Distribution: geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [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] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149213 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853. 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=149213 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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