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PHYLA [28 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Arthraxon
Latin
OBS

A genus of plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

carpetgrass : common name also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens, Chionochloa australis, Stenotaphrum secundatum and Axonopus fissifolius.

Key term(s)
  • carpet grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Arthraxon
Latin
OBS

Genre de plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Arthraxon : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner ce genre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Latin
Stenotaphrum americanum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

buffalo grass: common name also used to refer to the species Buchloe dactyloides.

OBS

carpet grass : common name also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens, Axonopus fissifolius and Chionochloa australis and to the genus Arthraxon.

OBS

crabgrass: common name also used to refer to many species of the genus Digitaria.

Key term(s)
  • coastal buffalograss
  • buffalograss
  • carpetgrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Latin
Stenotaphrum americanum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Chionochloa australis
Latin
Danthonia australis
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

carpet grass : common name also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens, Axonopus fissifolius and Stenotaphrum secundatum and to the genus Arthraxon.

Key term(s)
  • carpetgrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chionochloa australis
Latin
Danthonia australis
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Chionochloa australis : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Phyla canescens
Latin
Lippia canescens
Latin
Lippia nodiflora var. rosea
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Verbenaceae.

OBS

carpet-grass: common name also used to refer to the species Stenotaphrum secundatum, Chionochloa australis and Axonopus fissifolius and to the genus Arthraxon.

OBS

mat grass: common name also used to refer to the species Hemarthria uncinata.

OBS

fog fruit; frog fruit : common names also used to refer to the species Phyla lanceolata.

Key term(s)
  • frogfruit
  • fogfruit
  • matgrass
  • carpetgrass
  • carpetweed
  • hairy fog fruit
  • hairy frog fruit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Phyla canescens
Latin
Lippia canescens
Latin
Lippia nodiflora var. rosea
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Verbenaceae.

OBS

Phyla canescens : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Axonopus fissifolius
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

carpet grass : common name also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens, Chionochloa australis and Stenotaphrum secundatum and to the genus Arthraxon.

Key term(s)
  • southern carpetgrass
  • narrowleaved carpet grass
  • narrow-leaved carpetgrass
  • narrow-leaved carpet grass
  • narrowleaf carpet grass
  • narrow-leaf carpet grass
  • carpetgrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Axonopus fissifolius
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Hemarthria uncinata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

matgrass : common name also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens.

Key term(s)
  • mat grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hemarthria uncinata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

OBS

Hemarthria uncinata : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 7 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Phyla lanceolata
Latin
Lippia lanceolata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Verbenaceae.

OBS

fogfruit; frog fruit : common names also used to refer to the species Phyla canescens.

Key term(s)
  • lanceleaved fog fruit
  • lance-leaf fogfruit
  • northern fog fruit
  • fog fruit
  • frogfruit
  • lance-leaf frogfruit
  • lance-leaf frog fruit
  • common fog fruit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Phyla lanceolata
Latin
Lippia lanceolata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Verbenaceae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Evolution (Biology)
CONT

A crown group consists of the last common ancestor of a living group of organisms(i. e., the most immediate ancestor shared by at least two species), and all its descendants. By definition, all living members of phyla(representing all the major animal groups today) are members of their respective crown groups. A crown group can also contain extinct animals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évolution (Biologie)
CONT

Un groupe couronne rassemble le dernier ancêtre commun d'un groupe d'organismes existant encore actuellement (c'est-à-dire l'ancêtre le plus immédiat que se partagent au moins deux espèces) et toute sa descendance. Par définition, tous les membres des embranchements actuels (qui représentent les principaux groupes d'animaux) font partie de leurs groupes couronnes respectifs. Un groupe couronne peut également contenir des animaux éteints.

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

The oral microbiome contains over 600 species of microbiota. Under normal conditions the predominant phyla are Firmicutes, Bacteriodetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Fusobacteria. The most abundant bacterial genera in the oral microbiome are members of the genus Streptococcus, but Abitrophia, Gemella, Granulicatella, and Prophyromonas are also extremely common.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

La composition du microbiome oral est extrêmement dynamique en raison de la continuité de la cavité buccale avec l'environnement extérieur. De plus, la cavité buccale a de multiples fonctions essentielles qui affectent la croissance et l'activité bactérienne : manger, communiquer, déglutir, saliver [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mosses and Related Plants
Universal entry(ies)
Bryophyta
Latin
CONT

With over 12, 000 species recognized worldwide, the Bryophyta, or mosses, are the most speciose of the three phyla of bryophytes. The other two phyla are Marchantiophyta or liverworts and Anthocerotophyta or hornworts. The term “bryophytes” is a general, inclusive term for these three groups though they are only superficially related.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Bryophyta
Latin
CONT

L'embranchement des Bryophyta ne concerne que les mousses au sens strict, tandis que le terme «bryophytes» pris au sens large s'applique aux trois embranchements de plantes terrestres qui ne possèdent pas de vrai système vasculaire (Hepaticophyta, Anthocerotophyta et Bryophyta).

Spanish

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Record 11 2014-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Environment
CONT

Again it is easier and more accurate to secure estimates of species numbers from taxonomists when one deals with small taxonomic units(i. e. avoids lumping of phyla, classes, etc).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Environnement
DEF

Unité de classification des êtres vivants.

CONT

[Une sous-espèce] est une unité taxonomique de rang immédiatement inférieur à l'espèce, distinguable par des caractères discriminants constants.

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

An alga that can be seen with the naked eye.

OBS

Cultured algae fall into three major phyla : the chlorophytes(green algae), the phaeophytes(brown algae), and the rhodophytes(red algae).

OBS

macroalgae; macro-algae: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • macroalgae
  • macro-algae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Algue visible à l'œil nu.

OBS

Les algues cultivées se classent dans trois phylums : les chlorophytes (algues vertes), les phaéophytes (algues brunes) et les rhodophytes (algues rouges).

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

A major taxonomic level in the animal [or plant] kingdom, ranking just below kingdom and above class.

OBS

In the plant kingdom, it is usually replaced by the division.

OBS

Plural :phyla.

Key term(s)
  • phyla

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Zoologie
  • Sciences biologiques
OBS

Dans la [taxonomie] animale [ou végétale], l'un des regroupements principaux, situé sous le sous-règne et le règne et se composant des classes supérieures et de tous les taxons inférieurs.

OBS

Pluriel : des phylums ou pluriel latin des phyla.

OBS

phylums (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Zoología
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Conjunto biólogica de una especie, tanto de sus ascendientes como de sus descendientes.

OBS

phylum : término proveniente del Código Sanitario Internacional para los Animales Acuáticos, 2002.

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Record 14 2012-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
Universal entry(ies)
Anthocerotophyta
Latin
CONT

... the Bryophyta, or mosses, are the most speciose of the three phyla of bryophytes. The other two phyla are Marchantiophyta or liverworts and Anthocerotophyta or hornworts.

OBS

The group’s common name "hornwort" refers to the tall narrow sporophytes which are embedded in the top of the plant.

Key term(s)
  • hornwort

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Anthocerotophyta
Latin
OBS

Les anthocérotes (Anthocerotophyta) sont un embranchement de plantes embryophytes terrestres aux caractères ancestraux. Avec les hépatiques et les mousses, on les regroupe sous le nom de bryophytes.

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

With over 12, 000 species recognized worldwide, the Bryophyta, or mosses, are themost speciose of the three phyla of bryophytes. The other two phyla are Marchantiophyta or liverworts and Anthocerotophyta or hornworts. The term “bryophytes” is a general, inclusive term for these three groups thoughthey are only superficially related.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

L'embranchement des Bryophyta ne concerne que les mousses au sens strict, tandis que le terme «bryophytes» pris au sens large s'applique aux trois embranchements de plantes terrestres qui ne possèdent pas de vrai système vasculaire (Hepaticophyta, Anthocerotophyta et Bryophyta).

Spanish

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Record 16 2011-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

An ancient Precambrian organism resembling sponges and corals and that built early limestone reefs.

CONT

Archaeocyathans are a short-lived, Early Paleozoic group of enigmatic fossils. The organisms were constructed as a set of two concentric cylinders connected by transverse septa. The cylindrical walls were imperforated. Archaeocyathans were apparently benthic, sessile, suspension feeders. Because of their ecological habitat and trophic habits, they have been compared frequently to the Porifera, but it is unknown if the two phyla are closely related.

OBS

archaeocyathan: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Microorganisme marin fossile du précambrien.

CONT

Les archéocyathidés sont des parents éloignés des éponges et se rapprochent à la fois des éponges et des coraux. Comme les éponges, ils avaient des spores, mais leur structure générale était plus complexe. Leur extinction complète se produisit au Cambrien moyen et demeure mystérieuse. Leur place de bâtisseur de récif resta vacante durant des dizaines de millions d'années.

OBS

archéocyathidé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A (usually fossil) organism of uncertain relationships.

CONT

Permian reefs were mainly constructed by organisms referred to as problematica, calcareous algae, bryozoans, echinoderms, and calcareous sponges. Problematica (or, in this case, microproblematica because of their small size) are enigmatic organisms which are hard to classify because they do not seem to have left any clear descendants (or even close relatives) whose activities and remains might provide clues to their ancestors’ identity. These enigmatic organisms are therefore known to paleontologists as problematica (problematicum is the singular form) for their problematic relation to other living things. (Generally speaking, the farther back in time we look, the more problematica there are, because many extinct organisms have no clear descendants.

CONT

Where question exists as to the organic or inorganic origin of a specimen, the terms dubiofossil ..., problematicum ..., or problematic fossil are used.

OBS

problematicum(pl. problematica) : While in theory almost any organism could be labelled a problematicum under [the given] definition(almost every species has some degree of uncertainty about its relationships, even if only within its genus), in practice the term is generally reserved for those taxa for which the uncertainty runs to a very high level, generally phylum level or higher. Also, this uncertainty generally should not be due to poor preservation alone, but reflect a true shortage of shared characters with modern phyla.

Key term(s)
  • problematica

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Objet ayant l'air d'un fossile mais dont on ne peut certifier l'origine organique.

CONT

Ces problematica du Paléogène ont une taille de l'ordre de 0,15 à 0,5 mm.

Key term(s)
  • problematica

Spanish

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Record 18 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Any of a group of Paleozoic fossils (Ordovician to Permian) of uncertain systematic position, belonging to the order Receptaculitales and characterized by an ovoid, globose calcareous body with the lower nuclear area closed and upper lacunal area open.

OBS

Receptaculitids have been classified as calcareous algae, and as members of various animal phyla.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Les Réceptaculites apparaissent vers -488 millions d'années (à l'Ordovicien inférieur) et s'éteignent vers -250 millions d'années (au Trias inférieur).

OBS

Nom donné à des corps en forme de coupe, fossiles dans les terrains primaires et dont la nature est encore discutée.

OBS

Ce petit groupe renferme des formes qui ont tour à tour été rapprochées des spongiaires, des Foraminifères, des Algues.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans, 1999.(Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2285). Abstract :"The invertebrate and urochordate fauna associated with commercial scallop beds in the lower Bay of Fundy was examined through the bycatch of scallop fishing drags. Bycatch of these species was observed during the 1997 Department of Fisheries and Oceans inshore scallop stock assessments of Scallop Production Areas 4 and 1(off Digby, Nova Scotia), Area 3(below Brier Island and near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) and Area 6(Grand Manan, New Brunswick). A total of 234 tows were made and 261 species observed including representatives from 13 phyla. Field identification was only possible for 83 taxa, and their distribution was mapped using the tow location data derived from the ship's dGPS. The associated fauna are listed according to phylum. A brief overview of the characteristics of the phyla are also provided. "--Page iv.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 20 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Worms and Related Organisms
CONT

Bacteria obtain all their food in this way, as do fungi and two phyla of animals-the marine worms-pogonophora and vestimentifera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
CONT

Le détritivorisme primaire est l'absorption (à travers la couche superficielle ou la peau) de molécules organiques libres comme nourriture pour la croissance et le développement. Les bactéries se nourrissent uniquement de cette façon, tout comme les champignons et deux grands groupes de vers marins, les pogonophores et vestimentifères.

Spanish

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Record 21 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Genetics
CONT

The ex situ collections include the majority of phyla from bacteria to large mammals and extensive plant and vertebrate collections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Génétique
CONT

Il existe des collections ex situ pour la plupart des embranchements, des bactéries aux grands mammifères, et ces collections sont abondantes dans le cas des plantes et des vertébrés.

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Canada would be the loss of unique hardy genes in marginal populations adapted to survive at the extreme limits of species’ ranges. There are literally thousands of Canadian species in dozens of phyla that contain populations at the northern fringes of range for the species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Or, au Canada, on craint particulièrement la disparition des gènes de rusticité présents dans certaines populations qui vivent à la limite septentrionale de l'aire de répartition de leur espèce.

Spanish

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Record 23 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Many phyla of bacteria have developed what is clearly the important ecological function of ingesting toxic organic molecules and reducing a portion of them to less harmful substances and minerals. Mineralizing bacteria can be amazingly abundant in many ecosystems and thus play unique functions in maintaining the health of associated organisms, local and regional ecosystems, and the planetary ecosphere as a whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Dans de nombreux écosystèmes, les bactéries minéralisatrices peuvent être extrêmement abondantes; elles jouent dès lors un rôle unique en protégeant la santé des autres organismes, des écosystèmes locaux et régionaux et, en définitive, de l'écosphère à l'échelle de la planète entière.

Spanish

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Record 24 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Canada would be the loss of unique hardy genes in marginal populations adapted to survive at the extreme limits of species’ ranges. There are literally thousands of Canadian species in dozens of phyla that contain populations at the northern fringes of range for the species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Or, au Canada, on craint particulièrement la disparition des gènes de rusticité présents dans certaines populations qui vivent à la limite septentrionale de l'aire de répartition de leur espèce.

Spanish

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Record 25 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Worms and Related Organisms
CONT

Bacteria obtain all their food in this way, as do fungi and two phyla of animals-the marine worms-pogonophora and vestimentifera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
CONT

Le détritivorisme primaire est l'absorption (à travers la couche superficielle ou la peau) de molécules organiques libres comme nourriture pour la croissance et le développement. Les bactéries se nourrissent uniquement de cette façon, tout comme les champignons et deux grands groupes de vers marins, les pogonophores et vestimentifères.

Spanish

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Record 26 1996-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Canada would be the loss of unique hardy genes in marginal populations adapted to survive at the extreme limits of species’ ranges. There are literally thousands of Canadian species in dozens of phyla that contain populations at the northern fringes of range for the species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

C'est notamment le cas d'espèces ayant la plus grande partie de leur aire aux États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 27 1980-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Here is an array of more or less normal invertebrate skeletons associated with such soft-bodied phyla as the Annelida(the group that includes the living earthworms), the Priapulidae(possibly pseudocoelomate worms) and the chordata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

On trouve là une série de squelettes d'Invertébrés plus ou moins normaux associés à des phylums d'organismes à corps mou comme les Annélides (groupe qui comprend les vers de terre actuels), les Priapulides (probablement des Vers pseudocoelomates) et les Cordés.

Spanish

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Record 28 1980-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Here is an array of more or less normal invertebrate skeletons associated with such soft-bodied phyla as the Annelida(the group that includes the living earthworms), the Priapulidae(possibly pseudocoelomate worms) and the chordata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

On trouve là une série de squelettes d'Invertébrés plus ou moins normaux associés à des phylums d'organismes à corps mou comme les Annélides (groupe qui comprend les vers de terre actuels), les Priapulides (probablement des Vers pseudocoelomates) et les Cordés.

Spanish

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