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Description: |
Plant caespitose, to 20-25 cm in height, attached to the substratum by a more or less compact discoid base formed of haptera. Axes numerous, 2 to 6 with 8 cm high. Apices of the axes not very prominent, flattened and smooth. Tophules absent. Primary branches cylindrical, seasonally either with smooth bases or covered with small spinose. conical appendages, some of wich can give rise to smaller branches. Secundary and tertiary branches also cylindrical and covered with spinose appendages. |
| References |
ella Pieta, F., Bilia, A.R., Breschi, M.C., Cinelli, F., Morelli, I. & Scatizzi, R. (1993). Relaxing activity of two linear diterpenes from Cystoseira brachycarpa var. balearica on the contractions of intestinal preparations. Planta Med. 61: 493-496. Pizzuto, F. (1998). Fenologia morfologica e riproduttiva di Cystoseira brachycarpa J. Agardh emend. Giaccone (Fucales, Fucophyceae) del litorale catanese (Sicilia orientale). Boll. Acc. Gioenia Sci. Nat. 30(353): 137-148, 4 figs, 2 tables. Pizzuto, F. (1999). On the structure, typology and periodism of a Cystoseira brachycarpa J. Agardh emend. Giaccone community and of a Cystoseira crinita Duby community from the eastern coast of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Plant Biosystems 133(1): 15-35, 7 figs, 7 tables. |
| Habitat: |
Occurs in the upper sublittoral zone, from the surface to several meters depht, in moderately exposed and high light-intensity places. |
