WoRMS taxon details
Gyrosigma prolongatum (W.Smith) J.W.Griffith & Henfrey, 1856
AphiaID: 156571
AphiaID: 156571
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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: 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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Gyrosigma prolongatum var. prolongatum Variety Gyrosigma prolongatum var. closterioides (Grunow) Cleve, 1894 accepted as Arcuatasigma closterioides (Grunow) G.Reid, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| 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:156571 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Gyrosigma prolongatum (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=156571 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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