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Gastroclonium ovatum
(Huds.) Papenf.
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Species Details
Class:	Florideophyceae
Genus:	Gastroclonium Kützing
Species:	Gastroclonium ovatum
Authority:	(Huds.) Papenf.
Description:	Cylindrical cartilaginous fronds, brownish red to pale olive-green (in sunny habitats), to 250 mm high. Main axis not consricted, solid, irregularly branched, ends of brachlets with soft, crowded, ovoid ramuli, themselves occasionally bearing ramuli and filled with a watery mucilage. Attached by branching rhizoidal filaments.

Name History	Adjective (Latin), ovate
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. Irvine, L.M. & Guiry, M.D. (1983). Rhodymeniales. In: Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 2A. Cryptonemiales (sensu stricto), Palmariales, Rhodymeniales. (Irvine, L.M. Eds), pp. 77-98. London: British Museum (Natural History). Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Habitat:	Marine species, on rocks and stones in pools, lower intertidal and shallow subtidal, common, widely distributed
Common names:	In English: egg-shaped juice branch weed
Type information:	Basionym Fucus ovatus Hudson

Specimens

( 15 record(s) available )

Type	Number	Species	Date	Coastal Station
(H) (F)	18	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	1999-10-09	A-Ver-o-Mar, Portugal
(H) (F)	78	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2001-03-11	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	249	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2000-03-23	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	915	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	1999-10-09	A-Ver-o-Mar, Portugal
(O)	977	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	1999-10-09	Aguçadoura, Portugal
(O)	1030	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2000-03-23	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1073	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2001-03-11	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1191	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2001-10-18	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	2013	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2006-08-23	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	2084	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2000-12-13	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	2534	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	1863-02-05	Cherbourg bay, France
(H)	2535	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	1958-05-01	S. Martinho do Porto, Portugal
(H)	3420	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2010-10-24	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	4116	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2012-10-20	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	4260	Gastroclonium ovatum (Huds.) Papenf.	2013-06-25	Buarcos Bay, Portugal

Bibliography

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Gastroclonium ovatum - Harvey’s original illustration (Phycologia Britannica) (454.63 Kb)

1975 specimens in MACOI collections
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