Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota 
spiralis Montagne

Dictyota spiralis
Montagne

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Species Details

Class: Phaeophyceae
Genus: Dictyota J.V. Lamouroux
Species: Dictyota spiralis
Authority: Montagne
Description:

Thallus bushy, erect; lamina segments ribbon-like, regular forking, spiralling around the longitudinal axis, tips straight, pointed. 10-20 cm long, brown, tips a lighter shade

Original publication: Montagne, C. (1846). Flore d'Algérie. Ordo I. Phyceae Fries. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842...Sciences physiques. Botanique. Cryptogamie. (Durieu De Maisonneuve, M.C. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. 1-197. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une Commission Académique.


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Name History Adjective (Latin), spiral
Biogeography NE Atlantic (W Ireland and SW Britain to Mauretania); Mediterranean.
Uses and compounds Antimicrobial activity
References Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.

Serio, D., Alongi, G., Catra, M., Cormaci, M. & Furnari, G. (2006). Changes in the benthic algal flora of Linosa Island (Straits of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina 49: 135-144



Habitat: Near the surface on rocks, also as an epiphyte.
Type information:

Syntype localities: Algeria: near Algiers and near La Calle (El Kala) (Athanasiadis 1996: 206). Type: PC (De Clerck 2003: 177). Notes: Type localities: [La Calle] El Kala and [pointe Pescade prope Alger], Algeria (De Clerck (2003)

Specimens
( 15 record(s) available )
Type Number Species Date Coastal Station

(F)

470 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-12 Odeceixe, Portugal

(H) (F)

475 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-12-05 Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal

(H) (F)

485 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-14 Furnas, Portugal

(F)

512 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-14 Almograve, Portugal

(H) 

516 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-15 Almograve, Portugal

(O)

1608 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-12 Odeceixe, Portugal

(O)

1631 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-12 Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal

(O)

1659 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-14 Furnas, Portugal

(O)

1659 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-14 Almograve, Portugal

(O)

1679 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-04-15 Almograve, Portugal

(O)

1725 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2003-05-15 Almograve, Portugal

(O)

2062 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2009-06-25 Queimado (Praia do), Portugal

(H) 

2722 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 1935-09-15 Dinard, France

(H) 

2723 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 1898-05-07 Guéthary, France

(O)

3238 Dictyota spiralis Montagne 2010-07-11 Praia Norte, Viana do Castelo, Portugal


Bibliography

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   Two new species of Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) from the Indo-Malayan region
   Fish feeding and chemical defenses of tropical brown algae in Western Australia
   Two new species of Dictyota ...
   Antibacterial Activity of Methanolic Extract of Dominant Marine Alga (Padina pavonia) ...
   Marine natural products: chemical and biological potential of seaweeds and their endophytic fungi
   Structures and Antibacterial Activities of Minor Dolabellanes from the Brown Alga Dilophus spiralis
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1975 specimens in MACOI collections
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