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Species: |
Lithophyllum fasciculatum f. divergens |
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Description: |
Macroscopically, all samples were globular to sub-globular unattached thalli up to 10 cm in diameter, sparsely to densely branched. Colour was violet to lilac-grey when dry. Branch morphology was variable, ranging from compressed to cylindrical, sometimes expanded at the apices which may be concave, dimpled with thickenings or even flat and tabular. Less densely and open branched in the form divergens (Peña et al. 2013). Link |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), clustered, growing in bundles (Stearn 1973) |
| References |
Peņa, V., Barreiro, R., Hall-Spencer, J.M. & Grall, J. (2013). Lithophyllum spp. from unusual Maerl beds in the North East Atlantic: the case study of L. fasciculatum in Brittany. An Aod - Les Cahiers Naturalistes de l'Observatoire Marin 2(2): 11-21.
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