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Name derivation:
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Gr. Hydro-
water, clathrus lattuce |
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Classification:
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Hydroclathrus Bory
1825; 4 of 7 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Order
Ectocarpales; Family Scytosiphonaceae |
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Morphology:
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Heteromorphic life cycle
where both gametophytes and sporophytes are macroscopic. Gametophytes are erect, amorphous to
spherical, highly porous with plurilocular gametangia. Sporophytes are prostrate and develop both
plurilocular and unilocular sporangia (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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Similar genera:
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Habitat:
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Tropical to temperate marine
habitats including Florida, Bermuda, the Caribbean, gulf of Mexico, Brazil,
eastern north and tropical Atlantic, the Mediterranean, Indo-Pacific and
Australia (Ibid.). |
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References:
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Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M.] (1825). Hydroclathre. Hydroclathrus. Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire
Naturelle 8:
419-420. 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. |
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