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Description: |
Thallus bushy, vivid purple to pale yellowish red, upright cylindrical main axes cartilaginous-firm, with numerous long, softer irregularly spirally arranged lateral axes, branching to the fourth degree; the recent branches also stand rather loosley, spindle-shaped tapering at both ends, the apices pointed and crowned by hair-thin filamentous tufts (magnifying glass required); plants with reproductive bodies appear more densely branched periperally. Discoid holdfast, on prostate axes additional rhizoids (Braune & Guiry, 2011). Original publication: Wynne, M.J. (1991). A change in the name of the type of Chondria C. Agardh (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Taxon 40: 316-318.
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Possible confusion: similar to Chondria dasyphylla. |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like |
| Biogeography |
N.E. and E. Atlantic, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Idian Ocean (India, E. Africa, Mauritius). |
| References |
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. 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: |
On rocks, pebbles and shells, in shallow water at wave-protected sites, to abou 6 m. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Ulva capillaris Hudson Syntype localities: England: near Christchurch, Hampshire; near Margate, Kent (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 480). |
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