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Home / Rhodophyceae / Microreds / Stylonema |
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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Stylonema Reinsch 1875; 13 of 19 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). |
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Morphology: |
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Branched uniseriate to multiseriate filament – trichome within a sheath. |
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Habitat: |
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Marine epiphyte on other ‘algae’ or seagrass, or epizoite on invertebrates. Grows to depths of 540 m. Widespread in temperate and tropical sites (Ibid.).
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2 August 2013. |
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