| Genus: |
Gracilariopsis E.Y.Dawson |
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Species: |
Gracilariopsis longissima |
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Authority: |
(S.G.Gmelin) M.Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & W.F.Farnham |
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Description: |
Thalli are from almost simple to profuse and irregularly branched, with slender cylindrical axis throughout the plant. Cystocarps are scattered throughout the thallus, protruding from the thallus surface. Spermatia are formed in near the surface of the thallus. Tetrasporangia are crucited and are scattered in the cortex. |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), very long (Stearn 1973). |
| Biogeography |
NE Atlantic (Britain to Portugal); SE Atlantic (Namibia, South Africa). |
| References |
Pérez-Llorens, J.L., Brun, F.G., Andría, A. & Vergara, J. (2004). Seasonal and tidal variability of environmental carbon related physico-chemical variables and inorganic C acquisition in Gracilariopsis longissima and Enteromorpha intestinalis from Los Toruños salt marsh (Cádiz Bay, Spain). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 304: 183-201.
Polifrone M.,Viera-Rodríguez M. A, Suárez-Santana J., Lazzoz G. & Pérez-Ruzafa I. (2005). Mapas de distribución de algas marinas de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. XX. Gracilaria corallicola, G. gracilis, G. multipartita y Gracilariopsis longissima (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Botanica Complutensis 29: 77-83.
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| Habitat: |
Usually lives in the subtidal environment, on loamy or sandy funds shells or gravel. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus longissimus S.G.Gmelin |
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