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Authority: |
(A.P.de Candolle) K.W.Nam |
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Description: |
Cylindrical, cartilaginous, tufted, dark purple to greenish yellow fronds, 150 mm long. Main axis with repeatedly pinnate branching, branches mostly alternate, shorter towards apex giving pyramidal outline. Ultimate ramuli short, patent, truncate. Axis monosiphous with elongated pericentral cells and 1-2 outer layers of rounded coloured cells. Apex concave, with ephemerally colourless dichotomous hairs surrounding apical cell. Link for Algaebase: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=167 |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), Hybrid |
| Biogeography |
NE Atlantic (Britain to Marocco); SW Atlantic (Brazil). |
| References |
Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. xv + 444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO. |
| Habitat: |
Marine species, on stones and shells, sometimes epiphytic, upper intertidal, widely distributed, locally common |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus hybridus A.P.de Candolle Type locality: Calvados, France (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 534). Holotype: PC (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 395). |
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