WoRMS taxon details
Gyrosigma littorale (W.Smith) Griffith & Henfrey, 1856
AphiaID: 149634
AphiaID: 149634
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Bacillariophycidae (Subclass) > Bacillariophycanae (Superorder) > Naviculales (Order) > Pleurosigmataceae (Family) > Gyrosigma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Gyrosigma Hassall, 1845 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pleurosigma littorale W.Smith, 1852 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: De Pauw, N. (1975). Kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve analyse van het micro- en nannoplankton in de Belgische kustwateren ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort. [Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the micro- and nannoplankton in Belgian coastwaters near Nieuwpoort.] Pp 75-203 in Lievens, F. (Ed.): Ekologische en biologische studie van de kustwateren ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort in verband met het lozen van afvalwateren.C.L.O., Gent: Gent, Belgium (look up in IMIS) [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: 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] additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Bay of Fundy [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Lombardsijde [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life 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] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149634 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Gyrosigma littorale (W.Smith) Griffith & Henfrey, 1856. 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=149634 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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