WoRMS taxon details
Pleurosigma decorum W.Smith, 1853
AphiaID: 156578
AphiaID: 156578
| 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 | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pleurosigma W.Smith, 1852 | ||||||||||
| 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: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Bay of Fundy [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 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] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156578 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Pleurosigma decorum 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=156578 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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