Codium bursa | |
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Codium bursa in Niolon near Marseille | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Codiaceae |
Genus: | Codium |
Species: | C. bursa
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Binomial name | |
Codium bursa |
Codium bursa is a green marine algae of medium size.
Codium bursa is a marine alga growing to 30 cm across. It generally appears as a spongy sphere of utricles which at the surface form a cortex. It is composed of loosely packed filaments which at the surface form a cortex of utricles which are single celled bladder-like or club-shaped structures. [2] It has a velvety texture and is dark green in colour. The alga is attached by a holdfast of filaments. [3]
In the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the British Isles, [4] where they perhaps are originating further south, since C. bursa is very persistent in drift. [4] In Ireland the most recent record was in 1977 from County Donegal. [5] also recorded from other countries in Europe. [3] In the Mediterranean often found accompanying the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and commonly found beachcast amongst leaves of Posidonia oceanica. [4]
Codium bursa grows sublittorally attached to rock to 10 m deep in the Atlantic Ocean [3] and up to 50 meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea. [4]
Codium bursa | |
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Codium bursa in Niolon near Marseille | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Codiaceae |
Genus: | Codium |
Species: | C. bursa
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Binomial name | |
Codium bursa |
Codium bursa is a green marine algae of medium size.
Codium bursa is a marine alga growing to 30 cm across. It generally appears as a spongy sphere of utricles which at the surface form a cortex. It is composed of loosely packed filaments which at the surface form a cortex of utricles which are single celled bladder-like or club-shaped structures. [2] It has a velvety texture and is dark green in colour. The alga is attached by a holdfast of filaments. [3]
In the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the British Isles, [4] where they perhaps are originating further south, since C. bursa is very persistent in drift. [4] In Ireland the most recent record was in 1977 from County Donegal. [5] also recorded from other countries in Europe. [3] In the Mediterranean often found accompanying the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and commonly found beachcast amongst leaves of Posidonia oceanica. [4]
Codium bursa grows sublittorally attached to rock to 10 m deep in the Atlantic Ocean [3] and up to 50 meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea. [4]