Phyllophora traillii
Phyllophora traillii | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
Genus: | Phyllophora |
Species: | P. traillii
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Binomial name | |
Phyllophora traillii |
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]
Reproduction
The gametangial plants are dioecious, that is with separate male and female plants.[1]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Berwickshire, Naturalists' Club (1890). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Vol. 12. Martin's Printing Works. Retrieved 2019-01-04.