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Whiteweed - Sertularia cupressina - General information

Whiteweed

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Distribution map

Sertularia cupressina recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Sertularia cupressina is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Andrew Hosie Text page icon Refereed by:

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Cnidaria Sea anemones, corals, sea firs & jellyfish
Class Hydroidomedusa
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland Found throughout British and Irish waters (but see additional information).
Habitat information icon Habitat information Sertularia cupressina is found in a range of habitats from estaurine to open coast attaching to hard substrates such as scallop shells, characteristically in sandy areas.
Text page icon Description This common, often abundant, hydroid is notable for its white or silvery colour from which it gets its common name. Sertularia cupressina forms erect, branching 'bushy' colonies up to 500 mm high.

This review can be cited as follows:

Andrew Hosie 2008. Sertularia cupressina. Whiteweed. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 25/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=4639>