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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Cystoseira C. Agardh 1820; 39 of 289 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Order Fucales; Family Sargassaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Bushy thallus with perennial primary axes that are terete to flat and smooth to spiny, with alternate to irregular branches. Monoecious with receptacles near tips of branchlets (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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Habitat: |
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Marine subtropical, common in tide pools (Florida, the Bahamas, Caribbean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean (Ibid.) |
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References: |
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Agardh, C.A. 1820 '1821'. Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana. 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 16 January 2016.
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