Dudresnaya verticillata Red algae

Dudresnaya verticillatais commonly referred to as Red algae. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Dudresnaya verticillata
German:: Rotalge
English:: Red Algae

Category:: Red algae

Family tree:: Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Gigartinales (Order) > Dumontiaceae (Family) > Dudresnaya (Genus) > verticillata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Withering) Le Jolis, 1863

Occurrence:: Sudan, Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, European Coasts, Madeira, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: °F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C)
Food:: Photosynthesis
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

More related species in this lexicon:

Dudresnaya verticillata
Rotalge

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-25 14:50:11
Last edit:: 2013-09-25 14:50:11

Info

(Withering) Le Jolis, 1863

Description: An erect frond arising from a discoid holdfast to lengths of 20 or 30 cms and a diameter of about 2 mm. Branches irregular, the whole thallus soft, gelatinous and easily squashed. Composed of whorls of fine short filaments repeatedly branched.

Habitat: Uncommon. Generally epilithic from the upper sublittoral to over 13 m depth.
Text source: Habitas.org

Synonyms:
Borrichius gelatinosus S.F.Gray, 1821
Dudresnaya coccinea (C.Agardh) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1835
Ulva coccinea Poiret, 1808
Ulva verticillata Withering, 1796

External links

Algae Base (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
The Seeweed Site (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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