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Description: |
Dictyota fasciola has a ribbon-like opaque thallus with a height of 100-150 mm, and width of 1-6 mm. The thalli are flattened, and highly branched in a dichotomous pattern; it is three cells thick and without midrib. The branches are attenuated with forked tips; it has a yellowish-brown colouration. Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1809). Observations sur la physiologie des algues marines, et description de cinq nouveaux genres de cette famille. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 1: 330-333, fig. 2, pl. 6.
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| Biogeography |
Warmer E Atlantic (Madeira, Canary Is); E Africa); Mediterranean; Indian Ocean. |
| 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. De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables. Serio, D., Alongi, G., Catra, M., Cormaci, M. & Furnari, G. (2006). Changes in the benthic algal flora of Linosa Island (Straits of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina 49: 135-144. |
| Habitat: |
On firm substrata in the intertidal. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus fasciola Roth Type locality: Not specified (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 592). Lectotype: (De Clerck 2003: 181). Notes: Lectotype: Roth (1797: pl. 7, fig.1). In the absence of any type material, the original illustration is chosen as a lectotype (De Clerck (2003)). |
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