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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Callithamnion Lyngbye 1819; 90 of 427 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).Subphylum Florideophyceae; Order Ceramiales; Family Callithamniaceae |
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Morphology:
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Erect, up to 10 cm tall, with irregular branching, multinucleate cells (Ibid.) . |
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Antithamnion is considered a synonym by some authors. |
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Habitat:
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Widespread and common in most habitats (Ibid.) |
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References:
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2 May 2014. Lyngbye, H.C. 1819. Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
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