| Genus: |
Ophidocladus Falkenberg in Engler & Prantl |
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Species: |
Ophidocladus simpliciusculus |
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Authority: |
(P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Falkenberg |
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Description: |
Branches erect simple or branched 1-2 times, with 16-17 periaxiales cells. Trichoblasts willing statistically. Larger axial cell that periaxiales. 2 tetrasporocistes per segment. reddish color. Algaebase  Download PDF |
| Biogeography |
Azores
European waters (North Atlantic)
Gulf of Mexico
Mediterranean Sea
Mozambique
Seychelles
South Africa |
| References |
Rojas-Gonzalez, B. & Afonso-Carrillo, J. (2001). Morphology and distribution of Ctenosiphonia hypnoides and Ophidocladus simpliciusculus in the Canary Islands (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae). Vieraea 29: 47-58. Tsiamis, K., Verlaque, M. & Panayotidis, P. & Montesanto, B. (2010). New macroalgal records for the Aegean Sea (Greece, eastern Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina 53(4): 319-331. Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. 533. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
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| Habitat: |
Confined to lower eulittoral exposed rock. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Polysiphonia simpliciuscula P.L. Crouan & H.M. Crouan Type locality: Anse du Minou, Finistère, France (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 531). Notes: Holotype(?) in Herb. Crouan, CO; isotype (Crouan 302) in PC (Womersley, 2003: 337). |
