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Catenella
''Catenella'' is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Caulacanthaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species: *'' Catenella caespitosa'' *'' Catenella impudica'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q46208039 Gigartinales Red algae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catenella Impudica
''Catenella'' is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Caulacanthaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Catenella caespitosa'' *''Catenella impudica'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q46208039 Gigartinales Red algae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catenella Caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa is a small red marine alga. Description This small alga grows to 20 mm high from a discoid holdfast and dark brown in colour. Very irregularly branched, creeping moss-like and terete. Branches easily seen to be constricted at intervals. Medulla, the inner cells, formed of thick-walled filaments and with a cortex of rows of elongated cells radially arranged compact cells.Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977 ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales.''Campbell, A.C.1984. ''The Country Life Guide to the Seashore and Shallow Seas of Britain and Europe'' Habitat, ecology ''Catanella caespitosa'' occurs in shaded sites on rock and around the holdfasts of the fucoids of the upper littoral. Distribution Recorded around the British Isles, from Norway to the Mediterranean and further from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Reproduction The alga is monoecious, that is both male and female parts to be found on the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |