WoRMS taxon details

Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886

608242  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608242)

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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100643  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100643 [details]

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy  
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Taxonomy this genus includes heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing forms that can have highly plastic growth forms depending on the environment  
Taxonomy this genus includes heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing forms that can have highly plastic growth forms depending on the environment [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608242 on 2024-03-19
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context source (Bermuda) Collins, F. S.; Hervey, A. B. (1917). The algae of Bermuda. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 53(1): 1-195 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]   

basis of record Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source León-Tejera, H., M. Gold-Morgan, and G. Montejano. 2009. Benthic Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanobacteria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 47–56 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Stati [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100643 [details]

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Diet phytosynthetic based on chlorophyll a [details]

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Habitat grow in the intertidal zone, in mats or crusts on rocks [details]

Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Remark Drouet (1973: 163--164) chose a specimen in OXF as the lectotype of this species and assigned it to
Calothrix crustacea Thuret. [details]

Reproduction Reproduction by random trichome breakage; some germinate from akinetes; form hormogonia distinguishable from mature trichomes by absence of heterocysts and one or more of the following characters [details]

Taxonomy this genus includes heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing forms that can have highly plastic growth forms depending on the environment [details]