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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne |
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Dictyota spiralis Montagne (detailed information)
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Species Details
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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 |

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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) |
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1975 specimens in MACOI collections
2293 bibliographic references
2839 occurrence records
6322 images
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