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Pinnularia distans W.Smith, 1853 
AphiaID: 156568

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Bacillariophycidae (Subclass) > Bacillariophycanae (Superorder) > Naviculales (Order) > Pinnulariaceae (Family) > Pinnularia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Navicula distans (W.Smith) Ralfs, 1861
Rank Species
Parent Pinnularia Ehrenberg, 1843
Sources  basis of record: 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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
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:156568
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-05-19 11:58:45Z  created  Claus, Simon
2010-03-30 05:43:54Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Pinnularia distans 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=156568 on 2013-05-25
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