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Name derivation:

After Fredrik A. Wrangel, Swedish phycologist.

Classification:

Wrangelia  C. Agardh  1828;  21 of 62 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).

Class Florideophyceae; Order Ceramiales; Family Wrangeliaceae

Morphology:

Uniseriate filaments with large central axial cells.  Attahed by rhizoids.Axes are ecorticate or corticated by filaments from base of lateral branchlets.  May be multilayered cortication (Dawes and Mathieson 2008).

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Similar genera:

Griffithsia, Callithamnion (Ibid.)

Habitat:

Semitropical to tropical marine shores, often on limestone or epiphytic on seagrass and seaweeds.  Widespread (Ibid.).

References:

Agardh, C.A. (1828).  Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].

Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp).

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry  2016.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May  2014.