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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
rigida J.V. Lamouroux |
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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa
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Amphiroa rigida
J.V. Lamouroux
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Species Details
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| Class: |
Florideophyceae |
| Genus: |
Amphiroa J.V. Lamouroux |
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Species: |
Amphiroa rigida |
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Authority: |
J.V. Lamouroux |
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Description: |
Thallus heavily calcified, forming clumps, ivory to pale pink or purple (Image 1). Branches cylindrical, 1-2 mm wide. Branching dichotomous. Joints (genicula) not swollen and rarely found at branching dichotomies. Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.
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| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), rigid (Stearn 1973). |
| Biogeography |
Cosmopolitan species, present in warmer and tropical seas. |
| Life Cycle |
Tetra/bisporangial conceptacles: uniporate, lateral, hemispheric, slightly raised; periphery not well defined but evident; 300-400 (500) mm diameter, 100-150 mm high; old conceptacles become buried in the thallus. |
| References |
Choi, D.S. (2007). Taxonomic study of Amphiroa rigida Lamouroux (Rhodophyta) in Korea. Algae 22(3): 159-165, 3 figs. Segawa, S. (1940). Systematic anatomy of the articulated corallines (I). Amphiroa rigida Lamouroux. Journal of Japanese Botany 17: 563-572. |
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| Habitat: |
Species recorded in shallow and deep waters in sheltered and shaded sites; sometimes found on rocky pools in exposed areas. Bathymetric distribution: mainly sublittoral. |
| Common names: |
In English: Twig Algae |
| Type information: |
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 224). |
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1975 specimens in MACOI collections
2293 bibliographic references
2840 occurrence records
6318 images
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