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Authority: |
(Esper) Gerloff & Nizamuddin |
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Description: |
Cystoseira compressa has a discoid base with several spined axes; the axes have denticulate margins. It is irregularly branched with compressed primary ramifications, and compact crawling receptacles; the axes have a height of 10-100 mm, and a thickness of 2-5 mm. This alga lacks any leaves, tophules and air vesicles; C. compressa has an olive-brown colouration. |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973). |
| Biogeography |
NE Atlantic (Azores, Canary Is); Mediterranean. |
| References |
Schneider, C.W. & Lane, C.E. (2007). Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 8. Further additions to the flora, including Griffithsia aestivana sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) and an update on the alien Cystoseira compressa (Sargassaceae, Heterokontophyta). Botanica Marina 50: 128-140. |
| Habitat: |
On rocky substrata, especially in the shallow subtidal of light-exposed, sheltered locations, to 30 m depht. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus compressus Esper Type locality: “Adriatischen Meers” (Esper 1799: 152). Type: Wulfen; (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Adriatic. |
