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Name derivation: |
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Ano (Gr.) – upward; trichinos – hairy |
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Classification: |
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Anotrichium Nägeli 1862; 14 of 20 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 20160Subclass Florideophyceae; Order Ceramiales; Family WrangeliaceaeCommon name: Forked Twig-weed
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Morphology: |
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Erect, up to 30 cm tall, branched, multinucleate cells. Groups of polychotomous trichoblast at upper end of some cells.Enlarged hypogenous cell with a whorl of post-fertilization involucral branches (Ibid.). |
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Similar genera: |
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Criffithsia, Callithamnion |
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Habitat: |
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Florida, Lesser Antilles, British Isles to Spain, the Mediterranean, eastern tropical Atlantic (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). |
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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). 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. Nägeli, C. 1862 '1861). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl. |
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