Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
| Phyllophora pseudoceranoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. pseudoceranoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine
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Phyllophora pseudoceranoides, the stalked leaf bearer, is a small marine red alga.[1]
Description
This red alga grows to a length of 10 cm (3.9 in). The frond is generally fan shaped growing from a discoid holdfast forming a terete stipe with flattened branches dividing dichotomously with rounded apices.[2][3]The inner parts of the frond, the medulla, is composed of large thick walled cells which are smaller towards the cortex.[3]
Habitat
In rock pools and in the intertidalzone to a depth of 30 m.[4]
References
- ^ "Phyllophora pseudoceranoïdes (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine". www.algaebase.org. AlgaeBase. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Bunker, F.StP.D, Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK. ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society.ISBN 0-9527115-16