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Name derivation: |
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Classification:
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Halopteris Kützing 1843; 14 of 29 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016).Order Sphacelariales; Family Stypocaulaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Thalli up to 20 cm tall, generally heterotrichous habit. Alternate branching up to 4th
or 5th order. |
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Habitat: |
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Semitropic to temperate marine habitats
including Mediterranean Sea and NW Atlantic Ocean. |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2015. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
searched on 16 January 2013. Kützing, F.T. 1843. Phycologia
generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser.
pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:]
143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. |
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