Codium effusum (Rafinesque) Delle Chiaje (detailed information)
Species Details
Class:
Ulvophyceae (ex Bryopsidophyceae)
Genus:
Codium Stackhouse
Species:
Codium effusum
Authority:
(Rafinesque) Delle Chiaje
Description:
Codium effusum is an encrusting algae, forming plates 5 to 15 cm wide and 1 cm thick. The color is dull olive green with the appearance of a thick felt and down feature of Codium. The thallus compact has a puffy appearance and adheres strongly to the rocky substrate.
NE Atlantic; Adriatic Sea; Mediterranean; Atlantic Is (Azores, Canary Is, Madeira); Indian Ocean; SE Asia (Indonesia, Singapore); Australia; SE Pacific (Chile); Antarctic a subantarctic Is.
