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Name derivation: |
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Rhizoclonium: Gr. rhizo: root,
root-like + clonium:
a branch riparium- L. riparium: growing
on river banks or belonging to the shore |
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Classification:
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Rhizoclonium Kützing,
1843; There are 69 species of which 29 have been accepted taxinomically.
Order Cladophorales;
Family Cladophoraceae
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Morphology: |
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Composed of uniseriate
primarily unbranched filaments that are pigmented
plus occasional rhizoidal branches that are clear |
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Similar genera: |
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Chaetomorpha, with unbranched filaments and a single basal cell; Urospora an unbranched filament with basal rhizoids |
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Habitat: |
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Rhizoclonium riparium grow entangled on
muddy surfaces within estuarine sites. |
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References: |
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Burrows, E. M. 1991. Seaweeds
of the British Isles.
Vol. 2. Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum,
London, Publ. xii + 238 pp., 9 pls. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide
electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2
August 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. Taylor, W. R. 1957. Marine Algae of the Northeastern
Coast of North America. Revised edition. Univ. Michigan Press., Ann Arbor, ix
+ 509 pp. (as Spongomorpha) |
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