''Chaetomorpha aerea'' is a species of

green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ( Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alg ...

of the family ''

Cladophoraceae Cladophoraceae are a family of green algae in the order the Cladophorales.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Cladophoraceae Data extracted from the This family includes notably the genus ''Chaetomorpha ''Chaetomorpha'' is a genus of green algae in ...

''. ''Chaetomorpha aerea'' and ''

Chaetomorpha linum ''Chaetomorpha linum'' is a species of green algae in the family '' Cladophoraceae''. ''Chaetomorpha linum'' and '' Chaetomorpha aerea'' are considered by some authors to be conspecific.Burrows, E.M. 1991. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume ...

'' are considered

conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ ...

by some authors, other authors do not accept this synonymy.Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. ''A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland'' p.32 The British Phycological Society The genus to which this species belongs is regarded as needing further taxonomic investigation.

Description

''Cheatomorpha aerea'' is the attached form.

Distribution

This species is wide spread world wide. In New Zealand it is found in upper to mid-intertidal pool on the coast of the North and South Islands, Chatham Islands and Stewart Island.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2947553 Cladophoraceae Plants described in 1849 Taxa named by Friedrich Traugott Kützing