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Thorea Bory de Saint-Vincent 1808; 12 of 19 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Thoreales; Family Thoreaceae |
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Branched uniseriate filaments as long as 200 cm, 0.5 – mm diameter.Colorless axis filament with dense photosynthetic lateral branches. Reddish-brown, olive-green, blue-green to nearly black. More detail online (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
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Batrachospermum has a similar axial trichome with dense lateral branches.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater, tropical to warm temperate alkaline streams.
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References: |
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Bory de Saint-Vincent, [J.B.G.M.] 1808. Sur un genre nouveau de la Cryptogamie aquatique, nomme Thorea. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 126-135, pls. 18. 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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