Osmundea hybrida | |
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Osmundea Hyprida | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Rhodomelaceae |
Genus: | Osmundea |
Species: | O. hybrida
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Binomial name | |
Osmundea hybrida (A.P.de Candolle) K.W.Nam
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Osmundea hybrida is a fairly small marine red alga.
Osmundea hybrida is small branched alga which grows from a holdfast to 15 mm long. The axes show a main axis with branches which may be spiral or irregular. The main axis may be slightly compressed with a medulla of cells surrounded by a cortex deep purplish-brown in colour. A small circular pit occurs at the apex of the branches. [2]
Common but not as common as Osmundea pinnatifida. [3] Epilithic in the littoral on stones, rock and on limpets. [4] [2]
Spermatangial receptacles, where the male gametes occur in small cups, are at the end of the side branches. Cystocarps are spherical and sessile and tetraspores are produced in small branchlets. [2]
This alga is to be found all around the British Isles as far north as Shetland. [5] Further south it is recorded to Portugal. [2]
Osmundea hybrida | |
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Osmundea Hyprida | |
Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Rhodomelaceae |
Genus: | Osmundea |
Species: | O. hybrida
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Binomial name | |
Osmundea hybrida (A.P.de Candolle) K.W.Nam
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Osmundea hybrida is a fairly small marine red alga.
Osmundea hybrida is small branched alga which grows from a holdfast to 15 mm long. The axes show a main axis with branches which may be spiral or irregular. The main axis may be slightly compressed with a medulla of cells surrounded by a cortex deep purplish-brown in colour. A small circular pit occurs at the apex of the branches. [2]
Common but not as common as Osmundea pinnatifida. [3] Epilithic in the littoral on stones, rock and on limpets. [4] [2]
Spermatangial receptacles, where the male gametes occur in small cups, are at the end of the side branches. Cystocarps are spherical and sessile and tetraspores are produced in small branchlets. [2]
This alga is to be found all around the British Isles as far north as Shetland. [5] Further south it is recorded to Portugal. [2]