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Name derivation:

tongue-shaped: Gr.spat spoon, glossum tongue

 

Classification:

 Spatoglossum Kützing 1843; 20 of 33 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).

Order Dictyotales; Family Dictyotaceae

 

Morphology:

Thalli up to 80 cm long with sub-palmate segments 0.5 – 5 cm wide, and undulate to dentate margins lacking midrib. Growth is by a row of apical cells.

 

Similar genera:

 

Habitat:

Tropical to temperate oceans, shallow. Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Atlantic Coast of France, Mediterranean Sea and Morocco (Ibid.).

 

References:

Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013.

Kützing, F.T. 1843. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

 

 

 

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