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Name derivation: |
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tongue-shaped: Gr.spat spoon, glossum tongue |
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Classification:
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Spatoglossum Kützing 1843; 20 of 33 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).Order Dictyotales; Family Dictyotaceae
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Morphology: |
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Thalli up to 80 cm long with sub-palmate segments 0.5 – 5 cm wide, and undulate to dentate margins lacking midrib. Growth is by a row of apical cells.
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Habitat: |
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Tropical to temperate oceans, shallow. Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Atlantic Coast of France, Mediterranean Sea and Morocco (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. Kützing, F.T. 1843. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. |
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