Chaetomorpha aerea

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Chaetomorpha aerea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Cladophoraceae
Genus: Chaetomorpha
Species:
C. aerea
Binomial name
Chaetomorpha aerea
(Dillwyn) Kütz., 1849

Chaetomorpha aerea is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae .

Contents

Chaetomorpha aerea and Chaetomorpha linum are considered conspecific by some authors, [1] other authors do not accept this synonymy. [2] The genus to which this species belongs is regarded as needing further taxonomic investigation. [3]

Description

Cheatomorpha aerea is the attached form. [2]

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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London. ISBN   0-565-00981-8
  2. 1 2 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 ISBN   0-9527115-16
  3. ↑ Guiry, Wendy (2019). "Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing". www.algaebase.org. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  4. ↑ W. A., Nelson (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 34. ISBN   9780987668813. OCLC   841897290.
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