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Classification:
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Nereia Zanardini 1846; 4 of 6 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).Order Sporochnales, family Sporochnaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Bushy erect thallus up to 35 cm tall. Branches 0.3 – 2.0 mm diameter, with alternate or irregular branches that terminate with filamentous tufts 15 – 25 µm in diameter and 3 – 6 mm long. Medullary cells of axes are colorless. Unilocular sporangia are 10 – 20 µm in diameter and 25 – 45 µm long (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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Habitat: |
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Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Canary islands (Ibid.).
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References: |
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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 2013. Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Zanardini, G. (1846). Memoria sulla Desmarestia filiformis di Giacobbe Agardh et sulle Chordariee in generale. Atti del Settima Congresso degli Scienziati Italani in Napoli, 184 2: 899-900. |
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