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Blue Green Algae

Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae) is a group of Bacteria. There are 849 species of blue-green algae, in 392 genera and 52 families. This group has been around since the Ediacaran Period. Blue Green Algae are sessile organisms.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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algae
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37868
- Definition: aquatic, photosynthetic, and non vascular eukaryotic organisms (a polyphyletic group)
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first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Ediacaran Period
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Ediacaran
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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brackish water
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002019
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Epithemia turgida
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Chloephaga hybrida (Molina 1782) (Kelp goose)
motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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sessile
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
- Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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1184
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Lottia
produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.
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oxygen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
- Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of blue-green algae. View this species on GBIF

blue-green algae Habitats

The environments in which many blue-green algae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its blue-green algae species checklist.

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Blue Green Algae Habitats

The environments in which many blue-green algae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its blue-green algae species checklist.

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