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==Description==
==Description==
''Phyllophora traillii'' is a small alga no more than 35 mm long. It grows from a small holdfast and a short stipe up to 3 mm long which spreads to a small flat blade which is oblong or with parallel sides. It branches once or twice. The fronds are formed with a compact medulla of large cells with a cortex of small cells in 2 or 3 layers.<ref name="Dixon">Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales'' British Museum (Natural History) {{ISBN|0-565 00781 5}}</ref>
''Phyllophora traillii'' is a small alga no more than 35&nbsp;mm long. It grows from a small holdfast and a short stipe up to 3&nbsp;mm long which spreads to a small flat blade which is oblong or with parallel sides. It branches once or twice. The fronds are formed with a compact medulla of large cells with a cortex of small cells in 2 or 3 layers.<ref name="Dixon">Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales'' British Museum (Natural History) {{ISBN|0-565 00781 5}}</ref>


''Phyllophora traillii'' is named for George William Traill a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[phycologist]] and [[mineralogist]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berwickshire |first1=Naturalists' Club |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_sXAAAAYAAJ |title=History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club |volume=12 |publisher=Martin's Printing Works |year=1890 |accessdate=2019-01-04 }}</ref>
''Phyllophora traillii'' is named for George William Traill a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[phycologist]] and [[mineralogist]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berwickshire |first1=Naturalists' Club |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_sXAAAAYAAJ |title=History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club |volume=12 |publisher=Martin's Printing Works |year=1890 |access-date=2019-01-04 }}</ref>


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Phyllophoraceae]]
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Phyllophora traillii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Phyllophora
Species:
P. traillii
Binomial name
Phyllophora traillii
Holmes ex Batters

Phyllophora traillii is a small marine red alga.

Description[edit]

Phyllophora traillii is a small alga no more than 35 mm long. It grows from a small holdfast and a short stipe up to 3 mm long which spreads to a small flat blade which is oblong or with parallel sides. It branches once or twice. The fronds are formed with a compact medulla of large cells with a cortex of small cells in 2 or 3 layers.[1]

Phyllophora traillii is named for George William Traill a Scottish phycologist and mineralogist.[2]

Habitat[edit]

To be found growing on rock in the lower littoral into the sublittoral to a depth of 15 m.[1]

Reproduction[edit]

The gametangial plants are dioecious, that is with separate male and female plants.[1]

Distribution[edit]

Recorded from Great Britain, Ireland, Faeroes and the Atlantic coast of Europe from Sweden to France. Also from Canada and U.S.A.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales British Museum (Natural History) ISBN 0-565 00781 5
  2. ^ Berwickshire, Naturalists' Club (1890). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Vol. 12. Martin's Printing Works. Retrieved 2019-01-04.