| Genus: |
Canistrocarpus De Paula & De Clerck |
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Species: |
Canistrocarpus cervicornis |
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Authority: |
(Kützing) De Paula & De Clerck |
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Description: |
Thallus tufted, yellow-brown, erect, somewhat intertwined; branches screw-like twisted, narrow ribbons, mostly forking, but asymmetrically branching (one fork longer than the other), widening at the fork-base (to 4 mm), uooer thallus parts narrow (1-2 mm wide), slightly tapering upwards, tips acute, margins smooth. Anchored to right substrata by a discoidal holdfast. Original publication: De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.I. & Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence data analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288, 6 figs.
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| Biogeography |
Warm E. Atlantic; Caribbean; S.W. Atlantic (Brazil); N. W. Pacific (Japan, China); Indian Ocean. |
| References |
Kraft, G.T. (2009). Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef, 2. Brown algae. pp. [i-iv], v-vi, 1-364, 107 figs. Erratum of fig. 73 from vol. 1. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study and CSIRO Publishing. |
| Habitat: |
Grows on rocks and epiphytically in shallow water of warmer seas, but also in up to 20 m depth. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Dictyota cervicornis Kützing Type locality: Key West, Florida, U.S.A (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 587). Holotype: MEL 537258 (De Clerck 2003: 164). |
