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Ana Santos, Nuno Marques
Local de colheita: Eskifjördur, Iceland.
Eskifjördur is a seaside village in the middle of the eastern Fjords of Iceland. Two mountains can be found in this location: Eskja and Hólmatindur, the latter standing 985 meters above sea level.
In Eskifjördur, one can also find na importante mine from where spar crystals have been excavated.
Eskifjördur’s seashore is calm and has a rocky bottom, being exposed to wave action.
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| Description: |
Chordaria flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1817 is a slippery, solid algae with a string-like thallus and divaricated branches, which emerge alternatly from all sides of this organism. These branches, which have blunt tips, are most often cylindrical in shape, with diameters of 3 mm or smaller, tapering towards the base of the algae. In the inner portion of this organism, there are filamentous structures running longitudinally. These structures are composed of cylindrical cells (50-600 µm) that become gradually smaller towards the outter layer of the algae. Starting from the outter cells, unbranched 4-9 cell row filaments arise, ending in oval one compartment (unilocular) sporangia. This seaweed is dark-brown to black in colour, standing 10 to 30 cm tall. |
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Chordaria flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh |
