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Name derivation: |
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L. proto: first + mono:
one + stroma:
layer i.e. primitive Monostroma Previously
part of the genus Monostroma |
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Classification:
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Protomonostroma K.L.Vinogradova, 1969; There are 4
species of which 2 have been taxonomically accepted.
Order Ulotrichales; Family Ulotrichaceae
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Morphology: |
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Bright green and slippery thallus, with an undulate edge, formed by several leafy
blades originating from a common holdfast. It reaches ~ 30 cm in length.
Viewed at the surface, the cells appear as polygonal, 12–16 μm in diameter. |
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Similar genera: |
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Monostroma |
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Habitat: |
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Marine habitats include the
Gulf of Maine in New England, generally the NW Atlantic, and Europe. Recently observed in Admiralty Bay, King
George Island, Antarctica – a region with
exaggerated temperature increase. |
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References: |
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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. Oliveira, E.C, T. M. Absher, F. M. Pellizzari, and
M. C. Oliveira, M.C. 2009. The seaweed flora of Admiralty Bay, King
George Island, Antarctica.;
Taylor, W. R.
1957. Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America. Revised
edition. Univ. Michigan Press., Ann Arbor, ix + 509 pp. (as Monostroma pulchrum Vinogradova, K.L. 1969. K. sistematike poryadka Ulvales (Chlorophyta) s.l. A
contribution to the taxonomy of the order Ulvales. Botanicheskij Zhurnal
SSSR54: 1347-1355, one un-numbered figure. Wynne,
M. 1986. A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical
and subtropical western Atlantic. Can. J. Bot. 64: 2239-2281. |
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