Phyllophora traillii
| Phyllophora traillii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. traillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora traillii Holmes ex Batters
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Phyllophora traillii is a small marine red alga.
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.[1]
Phyllophora traillii is named for George William Traill a Scottish phycologist and mineralogist.[2]
Habitat
To be found growing on rock in the lower littoral into the sublittoral to a depth of 15 m.[1]
Reproduction
The gametangial plants are dioecious, that is with separate male and female plants.[1]
Distribution
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
- ^ 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
- ^ Berwickshire, Naturalists' Club (1890). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Vol. 12. Martin's Printing Works. Retrieved 2019-01-04.