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A green seaweed - Prasiola stipitata - General information

Prasiola stipitata

Image Keith Hiscock - Prasiola stipitata on rock. Image width ca XX cm.
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Distribution map

Prasiola stipitata recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Prasiola stipitata is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Rose Edwards Text page icon Refereed by:

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Chlorophyta Green seaweeds and stoneworts
Class Chlorophyta Green seaweeds and stoneworts
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland Widely distributed around the British coast in suitable habitats.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Prasiola stipitata grows in bands or patches on bedrock and stones, especially those that receive nitrate enrichment from nearby roosting sea birds, in the supralittoral and littoral fringe, and extends into estuaries. It inhabits wave-exposed to moderately exposed sites.
Text page icon Description Prasiola stipitata is a small, dark green, wedge-shaped to oval algae, which grows up to 1 cm long. It has a flat membrane, narrowing to the distinct stem-like structure (stipe) half as long as length of the frond. The margins of the frond are curled.

This review can be cited as follows:

Rose Edwards 2003. Prasiola stipitata. A green seaweed. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 03/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=4199>