Encyclopedian Dictionary: July 2013

Batrachospermum moniliforme

Batrachospermum moniliforme Taxonomic Hierarchy Batrachospermum moniliforme Kingdom Plantae – Vegetal, plants Subkingdom Biliphyta Division Rhodophyta – red algae Subdivision Rhodophytina Class Florideophyceae Order Batrachospermales Family Batrachospermaceae Genus Batrachospermum A. W. Roth, 1797 Species Batrachospermum moniliforme Batrachospermum moniliforme, Taxonomic...

Merismopedia elegans

Merismopedia elegans Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Monera – monerans Phylum Cyanophycota – blue-green algae, cyanophytes Class Cyanophyceae Order Chroococcales Family Chroococcaceae Genus Merismopedia Meyen, 1839 Species Merismopedia elegans A. Br. In Kutz, 1849 Merismopedia elegans, A. Br. In Kutz, 1849, Taxonomic Serial No.: 732 References A Golden Guide: Non-Flowering Plants...

Oscillatoria limosa

Oscillatoria limosa Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Monera – monerans Phylum Cyanophycota – blue-green algae, cyanophytes Class Cyanophyceae Order Nostocales Family Oscillatoriaceae Genus Oscillatoria Vaucher Ex Gomont, 1893 Species Oscillatoria limosa (Roth) C. Agardh Oscillatoria limosa, (Roth) C. Agardh, Taxonomic Serial No.: 976 References A Golden Guide: Non-Flowering Plants...

Chroococcus

Chroococcus Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Monera – monerans Phylum Cyanophycota – blue-green algae, cyanophytes Class Cyanophyceae Order Chroococcales Family Chroococcaceae Genus Chroococcus Nageli, 1849 Chroococcus, Nageli, 1849, Taxonomic Serial No.: 654 References A Golden Guide: Non-Flowering Plants ©1...

Mermaid's Hair ( Lyngbya majuscula )

Mermaid's Hair Taxonomic Hierarchy Mermaid's Hair ( Lyngbya majuscula ) Kingdom Monera – monerans Phylum Cyanophycota – blue-green algae, cyanophytes Class Cyanophyceae Order Nostocales Family Oscillatoriaceae Genus Lyngbya Agardh Ex Gomont, 1892 Species Lyngbya majuscula Lyngbya majuscula, Taxonomic Serial No.: 877 References A Golden Guide: Non-Flowering Plants ©1...

Blue Green Algae ( Cyanophycota )

Mermaid's Hair ( Lyngbya majuscula ) Common in shallow salt water and often covering rocks. Cyanophycota Species in this group are distributed widely in both salt and freshwater forms. Most species are covered by a gelatinous sheath which enables them to live in close vicinity to hot springs, in polluted water or on moist tile and soil. During the summer some species increase in abundance they...

Zygote

Pronunciation key ( zī′gōt ) ( zi′gōt ) zy•gote n. [< Gr. zygōtos yoked < zygon a yoke]. A cell formed by the union of two gametes. Some cells develop large eggs while other forms develop sperm that swim to an egg and fertilize it, forming a zygote. Such an example is the species Oedogonium (above). References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College...

Oedogonium

Oedogonium Some cells develop large eggs while other forms develop sperm that swim to an egg and fertilize it, forming a zygote. Such an example is the species Oedogonium (above). Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Plantae – Vegetal, plants Subkingdom Viridaeplantae – green plants Infrakingdom Chlorophyta – green algae Division Chlorophyta – green algae Subdivision Chlorophytina Class Chlorophyceae Order Oedogoniales Family Oedogoniaceae Genus Oedogonium...

Ulothrix

Ulothrix The parent cell becomes modified, ruptures and zoospores are released as in the species Ulothrix, (above). Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Plantae – Vegetal, plants Subkingdom Viridaeplantae – green plants Infrakingdom Chlorophyta – green algae Division Chlorophyta – green algae Subdivision Chlorophytina Class Ulvophyceae Order Ulotrichales Family Ulotrichaceae Genus Ulothrix...

Phylum

Pronunciation key ( fī′ləm ) phy•lum n. pl. •la (-lə) [<NL < Gk. phylon a race, tribe < phyein produce, ] Biology. Great division of life forms, i.e., plants, animals, et cetera which rank next, below the major kingdom and above a class of which the members are believed to have a common ancestor. Any of the broad, basic divisions of plant, animal, et cetera classifications. Any of the broad, basic divisions of the linguistic families. References Webster's New World Dictionary...

ewe

Pronunciation key ( ū ) ewe n. [ME. ewe also yowe; AS. eowu fem. of eow sheep; akin to G. au- in aulamm ewe lamb; IE.. base *owi-s, sheep, as also in L. ovis]. The female of sheep. Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom Animalia – Animal, animals Phylum Chordata – chordates Subphylum Vertebrata – vertebrates Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammals Subclass Theria Parker and Haswell,...

estuary

Pronunciation key ( es′ch-er′i ) es•tu•ar•y n. [pl. ESTUARIES (-iz)] [L. aestuarium < aestus the tide]. An arm or inlet of the ocean. A wide mouth of a river where the tide meets the current. Abbreviated as est. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955 Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP 2005): Watershed-Estuary-Species Nutrient...

élan vital

Pronunciation key ( ā′län′ vē′tl′ ) é•lan vi•tal [Fr. lit., vital force]. According to Bergsonian philosophy, it is the original life force, a creative linking principal in the evolution of all organisms. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1...