| Genus: |
Pterothamnion Nägeli in Nägeli & C.E.Cramer |
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Description: |
A red algae that have several paired branches with erect tufts up to 15 cm tall. Significant are the cotton like pink clusters. They are shortlived and seen in the summer time. Annual Algae grow and multiply rapidly and compete effectively with perennials for space and light.
Color
Pink to red.
Average size
15 cm |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), plumule |
| References |
Leliaert, F., Kerckhof, F. & Coppejans, E. (2000). Eerste waarnemingen van Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) en de epifyt Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Nägeli (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Noord Frankrijk en België. Dumortiera 75: 5-10. Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 127: 1-221. Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. Ricker, R.W. (1987). Taxonomy and Biogeography of Macquarie Island Seaweeds. pp. vi + (2) + 344. London: British Museum (Natural History). Wynne, M.J. (2005). A check-list of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: second revision. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 129: 1-152. |
| Habitat: |
Marine species, down to about 30 m depths on rocky bottoms and on other algae. |
| Type information: |
Basionym
Conferva plumula J.Ellis Type information
Type locality: Unlocalised, probably Sussex, England (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26). Lectotype: Ellis’s original illustration (pl. XVIII: G) (epitype) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26). Notes: Dixon (1960) considered that the type was lost. Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 26) selected as lectotype Ellis’s illustration in pl. XVIII: fig. G. Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pterothamnion. |
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