| Phyllophora sicula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. sicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) Guiry & L.M.Irvine | |
Phyllophora sicula, the hand leaf bearer, is a small red marine alga. [1]
This small red alga grows to a length of 20 mm (0.8 in), erect from a disc shaped holdfast. It has a short, erect, terete stipe which expands as a flattened blade branching once or twice. The blades have a cartilaginous texture with a medulla of large cells within a cortex of one or two layers of small cells. [2] [3]
Gametangial plants are unknown. Tetrasporangial patches occur in the center of the blade. [3]
It is found in rock pools of the lower littoral and in the sublittoral to depths of 12 m (39 ft). [3]
It is generally recorded from the southwest of Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and elsewhere in the Mediterranean. [3] The type locality is in Italy. [1]
Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk, red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga (Rhodophyta) previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is a well-known snack food. In Iceland, where it is known as söl[ˈsœːl̥], it has been an important source of dietary fiber throughout the centuries.
Schmitzia hiscockiana is a small, rare, red seaweed or marine alga of the phylum Rhodophyta or red algae. It was discovered and named in 1985.
Dilsea carnosa, commonly known as the poor man's weather glass or the sea belt, is a species of red algae in the Dumontiaceae family of the order Gigartinales.
Polysiphonia denudata is a small red alga, Rhodophyta, growing as tufts up to 20 cm long without a main branch axis.
Polysiphonia elongata is a small red marine algae in the Rhodophyta.
Polysiphonia furcellata (C.Agardh) Harvey is small marine red alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Polysiphonia stricta is a small red marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Ceramium botryocarpum is a small red marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Ceramium cimbricum is a small red alga in the division Rhodophyta.
Ceramium pallidum is a small marine alga. It occurs in waters off of Europe and Africa (Morocco).
Ceramium virgatum, or the red hornweed, is a small red marine alga.
Brongniartella byssoides Schmitz is a small red marine alga.
Plocamium cartilagineum is a medium-sized red marine alga.
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides, known as under tongue weed, is a small red marine alga in the family Delesseriaceae.
Phycodrys rubens is a red marine alga of up to 30 cm long.
Phyllophora crispa is a medium-sized fleshy, marine red alga. This alga forms dense mats of up to 15 cm thickness, which influence environmental factors, thus creating habitat for several associated organisms.
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides, the stalked leaf bearer, is a small marine red alga.
Phyllophora traillii is a small marine red alga.
Odonthalia dentata is a medium-sized marine red alga.
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae is a small uncommon seaweed.