A red seaweed (Aglaothamnion priceanum)
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Researched by | Rose Edwards | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | Maggs, Guiry & Rueness, 1991 | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | Callithamnion decompositum (J.Agardh) Maggs & L'Hardy-Halos, 1993 |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Recorded from islands off northern and western coasts such as Shetland, Inverness and Argyll.Global distribution
This species is found in Norway and the Faeroes to Northwest France.Habitat
Confined to the sublittoral where it grows mostly on small perennial algae and blades of Laminaria hyperborea as an epiphyte, and also on bedrock at depths of 5-30 m. Tolerates moderate to extreme wave exposure.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Deep pink colour.
- Uninucleate vegetative cells.
- Zig-zag or U-shaped short side branches (carpogonial branches).
- Thalli consisting of small groups of erect axes attached by disk-like filamentous holdfasts.
Additional information
Identification of single specimens can be difficult, so if possible a number of thalli should be collected. However, the species is fairly easily distinguished using a microscope.Listed by
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Bibliography
Hardy, F.G. & Guiry, M.D., 2003. A check-list and atlas of the seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. London: British Phycological Society
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H., 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles: Volume 1 Rhodophycota Part 3A Ceramiales. London: Natural History Museum, Her Majesty's Stationary Office.
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-08
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Last Updated: 11/07/2003