Vertebrata subulifera

Vertebrata subulifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodomelaceae
Genus: Vertebrata
Species:
V. subulifera
Binomial name
Vertebrata subulifera
(C.Agardh) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Hutchinsia subulifera C.Agardh
  • Polysiphonia subulifera (C. Agardh) Harvey

Vertebrata subulifera [1](Polysiphonia subulifera (C.Agardh) Harvey) [2] is a small marine alga in the division Rhodophyta.

Description

This alga consists of branched thalli growing to a length of 20 cm. It grows as tufts of very branched axes attached by rhizoids. A main branch is absent. In section the main branches can be seen to be composed of a central axis with 12 pericentral cells all of equal length. Trichoblasts are abundant.[2]

Similar to Vertebrata fruticulosa (Boergeseniella fruticulosa) which it is distinguished by small corticated cells.[2]

Habitat

Growing on the seashore on pebbles and other surfaces at the very low water.[2]

Distribution

Ireland, Great Britain and north-west France.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bunker, F. St.P., Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A., Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 0-9955-6733-6
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museunm, London ISBN 0-11-310045-0
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