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Algaia – aGreek mythological grace; thamnion – a small bush |
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Classification: |
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Aglaothamnion Feldmann-Mazoyer 1941; 34 of 45 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry andGuiry 2016)Subclass Florideophyceae; Order Ceramiales; Family CallithamniaceaeSynonym Callithamnion (many species). |
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Morphology: |
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Erect, uniseriate axes with spiral or radial branching, rarely altenate. Prostrate axes attacyhed by rhizoids (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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Habitat: |
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East coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Bermuda, Uruguay, the Caribbean, Brazil, the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, south Africa, Indo-Pacific and Australia (Ibid.) |
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References: |
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Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Feldmann-Mazoyer, G. 1941 '1940'. Recherches sur les Céramiacées de la Méditerranée occidentale. pp. 1-510, 191 figs, pls I-IV. Alger: Imprimerie Minerva. Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013. |
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