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Chordaria 
flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh
 
Chordaria flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh  |  ocurrence (2015-08-19)
Ocurrence
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Identif Year:  2015
Colecting Site(s):
Notes: Carolina Pereira e Miguel Oliveira Local de colheita: Eskifjördur, Iceland Descrição do local de colheita: Eskifjördur is in the East Coast of Iceland. Is a town and port with a large fishing industry. The prevailing climate is called a tundra climate. Even in the warmest month of the year the temperatures are very low. In Eskifjörður, the average annual temperature is 3.1°C. In a year, the average rainfall is 1317 mm.
Description:
Hello! I’m Chordaria flagelliformis, a Phaeophyceae, also known as Brown seaweed.  I’ve a Thallus string-like, with divaricated branches, slippery, solid, dark-brown to black, 10-30 cm high. My Branches are cylindrical, or slightly compressed, to 3 mm wide, slightly tapering 
towards the base. My Medulla is composed of longitudinal filaments of long cylindrical cells to 50-600 µm decreasing towards periphery to 16-18 µm. My Unilocular sporangia oval, 20-23 x 60-108 µm, develop at the base of the assimilative filaments. Thank you for wanting to know me. 



Genus:  Chordaria C. Agardh
Species:
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Chordaria flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh



Identifier: Leonel Pereira
Collector: Jorge Paiva



Availability: Available



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