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Description: |
Thallus tough, leathery, erect, cylindrically shaped, dark brown. Blades clustered, apex flat or convex, pyramid-shaped. Transverse section through blade triangular, margins toothed. Cryptostomata numerous, scattered, uniporate. |
| References |
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. 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. |
| Type information: |
Type species: This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Turbinaria. Type locality: ‘in Americae rupibus marinis” (Jamaica) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 715). Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Howe (1920: 591) for more information on the type locality of this species. Basionym: Fucus turbinatus Linnaeus |
