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Melosira arctica Dickie, 1852 
AphiaID: 160537

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Coscinodiscophycidae (Subclass) > Coscinodiscanae (Superorder) > Melosirales (Order) > Melosiraceae (Family) > Melosira (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Melosira C.Agardh, 1824
Synonymised
taxa
  Gaillonella arctica (Dickie) Ehrenberg, 1853 (synonym)
Melosira hyperborea Schütt (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details]

additional source: 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: Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/Proceedings/bsep95.pdf [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]

additional source: Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Variety Melosira arctica var. bornholmiensis Cleve-Euler
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
McDougall Sound [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Melosira arctica (Ehrenberg) Dickie ex Ralfs in Pritschard, 1861
Melosira arctica (Ehrenberg) Dickie ex Ralfs in Pritschard, 1861
added on 2006-09-26 - author: D. Piepenburg.
qualitystatus: not checked

Meunier (1910, pl. 30)
Meunier (1910, pl. 30)
added on 2008-08-04 - author: A. Meunier
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

PlanktonNet Image  
PlanktonNet Image
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160537
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-06-02 07:30:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-07-06 06:51:39Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-01-14 10:11:41Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Melosira arctica Dickie, 1852. 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=160537 on 2013-05-25
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