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Pleurosigma allenuatum 
AphiaID: 156575

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Bacillariophycidae (Subclass) > Bacillariophycanae (Superorder) > Naviculales (Order) > Pleurosigmataceae (Family) > Pleurosigma (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (spelling mistake of attenuatum)
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1853
Rank Species
Parent Pleurosigma W.Smith, 1852
Source  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]

Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
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:156575
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-19 11:58:45Z  created  Claus, Simon
2011-02-09 09:24:31Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pleurosigma allenuatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156575 on 2013-05-20
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