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Name derivation:
(Gr.) hypo lower, glossum tonguelike
Classification:
Hypoglossum Kützing 1843; 30 of 69 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Subclass Florideophyceae; Order Ceramiales; Family Delesseriaceae
Morphology:
Erect bushy thallus attached with small discoid holdfasts. Slender, flat, brahched blades with an obvious midrib. Species vary in height from a few mm (H. subsimplex to > 1 m (H. tenuifolium) (Dawes and Mathieson).
Similar genera:
Many species are separated from the basonym Delesseria Lamouroux 1813.
Habitat:
Subtropical to tropical marine shores.
References:
Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2014. 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. Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1813. Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, pls 7-13.