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Name derivation:
Classification:
Scytosiphon C. Agardh 1820; 7 of 69 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).
Morphology:
Erect gametophytes 15 – 70 cm tall, 5-10 mm wide, tapering near base and apex. Plurilocular gametangia are 3 – 10 µm in diameter and up to 65 µm long are tubular with regular constrictions that look somewhat like linked sausages. Grow in parallel clusters (Dawes and Mathieson 2008).
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Habitat:
Widespread marine habitat (Florida, North Carolina, Canadian Arctic to Brazil, eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Rad Sea, Pacific Ocean, Australia, Antarctica, Faeroe Islands and Denmark) (Ibid.).
References:
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 2013.