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Lomentaria orcadensis Lomentaria orcadensis

Lomentaria orcadensisis commonly referred to as Lomentaria orcadensis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6251 
AphiaID:
145830 
Scientific:
Lomentaria orcadensis 
German:
Rotalge 
English:
Lomentaria Orcadensis 
Category:
Red algae 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Lomentariaceae (Family) > Lomentaria (Genus) > orcadensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Harvey) F.S.Collins, 1937 
Occurrence:
European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Size:
up to 15.75" (40 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-10-20 17:48:18 

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(Harvey) F.S.Collins, 1937

Description: Thallus erect to 3 cms long and about 1 cms broad, usually flattened and hollow. Branches usually once or twice pinnate, distichous and constricted at junction with main thallus. Basically oval in shape. Bright rose coloured.

Habitat: Epilithic, epiphytic or epizoic. Upper sublittoral to 20 m or more.

Distribution: Widespread around the British Isles including the Shetlands, but, being sublittoral and small, not often recorded. Europe: Portugal, Spain, Norway and Iceland. Atlantic coast of north America: Canada to Connecticut.
Text source: Habitas.org

Synonyms:
Chrysymenia orcadensis Harvey, 1849
Chrysymenia rosea Harvey, 1850
Chrysymenia rosea var. orcadensis (Harvey) Harvey, 1850
Chylocladia rosea (Harvey) J.E.Gray, 1864
Lomentaria rosea (Harvey) Thuret, 1863
Lomentaria rosea var. orcadensis (Harvey) Harvey

Scientific paper

  1. Photosynthetic adaptation to temperature in the red algae Lomentaria baileyana and Lomentaria orcadensis, Kuebler, Janet E.; Davison, Ian R.; Yarish, C. , 1991
  2. Lomentaria orcadensis (Harv.) Taylor from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork, Michael D. Guiry, 1971

External links

  1. Algae Base (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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