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Pleurosigma intermedium W.Smith, 1853 
AphiaID: 156582

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
Synonymised
taxa
  Pleurosigma nubecula W.Smith, 1853 (synonym)
Sources  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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

from synonym: M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Distribution Baie des Chaleurs [details]
Bay of Fundy [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
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:156582
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). Pleurosigma intermedium 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=156582 on 2013-05-22
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