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Cladophora
vagabunda (Linnaeus) Hoek |
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Cladophora vagabunda
(Linnaeus) Hoek
(detailed information)
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Species Details
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| Class: |
Ulvophyceae |
| Genus: |
Cladophora Kützing |
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Species: |
Cladophora vagabunda |
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Authority: |
(Linnaeus) Hoek |
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Description: |
Thallus filamentous, spongy, soft tufts, anywhere from 5 - 50 cm in length. Branches mostly on one side, at times, strongly rebranched and claw-like, maximum number of branches at joints one to four, rarely five. Rhizoids fine, often connecting to adjacent filaments by hapteroid-like rhizoids. C. vagabunda grows from 4 cm diameter on wave-swept habitats to 30 cm high in protected habitats. Pale green to grass green. Filament cells cylindrical, 80-140 µm diameter wide, 4-12 µm long; branchlets tapering to 40 µm diameter, slightly constricted at junction with main axes; apices straight above, curved or sickle-shaped below; apical cells 20-60 µm diameter wide, 5-11 µm long. Cell divison intercalary, not apical. |
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| Name History |
(Latin), to wander (Dawes & Mathieson 2008). |
| Biogeography |
World-wide distribution: Australia, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. |
| References |
Bakker, F.T., Olsen, J.L. & Stam, W.T. (1995). Global phylogeography in the cosmopolitan species Cladophora vagabunda (Chlorophyta) based on nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. European Journal of Phycology 30: 197-298, 3 figs, 4 tables.
Bot, P.V.M., Stam, W.T. & van den Hoek, C. (1990). Genotypic relations between geographic isolates of Cladophora laetevirens and C. vagabunda. Botanica Marina 33: 441-446, 3 tables.
Breeman, A.M., Oh, Y.S., Hwang, M.S. & Van den Hoek, C. (2002). Evolution of temperature responses in the Cladophora vagabunda complex and the C. albida/sericea complex (Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 37: 45-58.
Hatta, A.M. & Breeman, A.M. (1992). Ecotypic variation in growth and survival temperature of Cladophora vagabunda (Chlorophyceae) isolates from different climatic zones. Marine Research in Indonesia 28: 43-54, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Peckol, P. & Rivers, J.S. (1995). Note: Competitive interactions between the opportunistic macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda (Chlorophyta) and Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta) under eutrophic conditions. Journal of Phycology 31: 229-232, 2 tables.
Shameel, M. (1978). Effect of temperature on the pressure induced reproduction in Cladophora vagabunda (L.) Hoek. Pak. J. Bot. 10: 65-72. |
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| Habitat: |
Forms pompon-like tufts attached to coral, basalt substrate, and other hard surfaces on reef flats. This alga is found near zero tide level on protected rocky coastlines and in tidepools. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Conferva vagabunda Linnaeus Lectotype locality: Selsey, Sussex, England (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 782). Lectotype: Salt marsh; herb. Dillenius, OXF (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 57). Notes: Silva et al. recommend consulting van den Hoek (1963: 144) for further information regarding the lectotype locality of this species. |
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1975 specimens in MACOI collections
2293 bibliographic references
2839 occurrence records
6322 images
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