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Stephanocystis osmundacea Bladder Chain Kelp

Stephanocystis osmundaceais commonly referred to as Bladder Chain Kelp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Stephanocystis osmundacea, Bladder Chain Kelp Detail.In kelp wrack,North Point, Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2018


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lexID:
13941 
AphiaID:
502165 
Scientific:
Stephanocystis osmundacea 
German:
Ketten-Blasentang 
English:
Bladder Chain Kelp 
Category:
Brown algae 
Family tree:
Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Fucales (Order) > Sargassaceae (Family) > Stephanocystis (Genus) > osmundacea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Turner) Trevisan, 1843 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 10 Meter 
Size:
314.96" - 1181.1" (800cm - 3000cm) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2021-06-10 20:45:03 

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Stephanocystis osmundacea (Turner) Trevisan, 1843

The blades are shaped like the leaf of a coastal oak. When reproductive, the chain of bladders (i.e. floats) emerging from the tip of the blade and rising to the surface. Cystoseira osmundacea occurs occasionally in the lower intertidal but is more common in the subtidal of kelp forests.

Synonymised names:
Blossevillea expansa (C.Agardh) Trevisan (synonym)
Cystoseira douglasii Harvey, 1840 (synonym)
Cystoseira expansa C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
Cystoseira osmundacea (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 (synonym)
Cystoseira osmundacea f. expansa (C.Agardh) Setchell, 1901 (synonym)
Cystoseira osmundacea f. typica N.L.Gardner, 1913 (synonym)
Fucus osmundaceus Turner, 1809 (synonym)
Halidrys osmundacea (Turner) Harvey, 1840 (synonym)
Siliquarius osmundaceus (Turner) Kuntze, 1891 (synonym)

External links

  1. SIMoN (en). Abgerufen am 10.06.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 10.06.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 10.06.2021.

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Stephanocystis (Cystoseira) osmundacea, Woody Chain Bladder, Bladder Chain Kelp, Pneumatocysts 2017
Stephanocystis osmundacea, Bladder Chain Kelp.This is the tip of this alga found beached in winter, the part shown here 20cm long.Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2021
Stephanocystis osmundacea, Bladder Chain Kelp Detail.In kelp wrack,North Point, Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2018

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