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Classification: |
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Codium Stackhouse 1797; 143 of 286
species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).
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Morphology: |
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Siphonous unicell,
spongy, with colorless siphons, septa at the base of reproductive branches or
wounds. Utricles are swollen tips on
siphons with discoid chloroplasts (Dawes and Mathieson
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Habitat: |
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Mainly
temperate to subtropical marine benthos. |
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References: |
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Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. The Seaweeds of Fliorida. University Press of Florida (591 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. |
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