WoRMS taxon details
Gyrosigma obscurum (W.Smith) J.W.Griffith & Henfrey, 1856
AphiaID: 156569
AphiaID: 156569
| 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 obscurum W.Smith, 1852 Scalptrum obscurum (W.Smith) Kuntze, 1891 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 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] basis of record: 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: 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: Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. Studia Algologica Lovaniensia, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Bay of Fundy [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Dyntaxa 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:156569 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Gyrosigma obscurum (W.Smith) J.W.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=156569 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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