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Ana Sampaio.
Local: Portinho da Areia do Norte (Peniche), Portugal |
| Description: |
Heavily calcified seaweed with tubular and arborescent body. Colour ivory, pale pink or purple, according to the environment. Cylindrical and wrinkled articulations, 1-2 mm wide, branching dichotomous. Form dense masses 2.5 to 8 inches tall. Joints rarely found at branching dichotomies and not swollen. Reproductive structures placed in the most extreme branches. Is fixed to the substrate by a wide disk. |
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Amphiroa rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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