Biology:Cladostephus hirsutus
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Short description: Species of seaweed
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Sphacelariales |
| Family: | Cladostephaceae |
| Genus: | Cladostephus |
| Species: | C. hirsutus
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| Cladostephus hirsutus | |
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Cladostephus hirsutus is a marine brown alga.
Description
This is a medium-size brown alga growing to about 20 cm length. Its fronds are covered with distinct whorls of secondary branches, giving the species a hairy appearance, the source of its specific epithet “hirsutus”.[2][3]
Habitat
This alga occurs in the lower intertidal, tidepools and upper subtidal of rocky shores.
Distribution
This species has been recorded world-wide in temperate regions, e.g. from the Mediterranean Sea, the European Atlantic coasts (including the British Isles, France , Germany , Denmark , Norway , Spain , and Portugal), the Atlantic shores of the United States , the Pacific shores of Mexico, Australia , and New Zealand.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cladostephus hirsutus (Linnaeus) Boudouresque & M.Perret-Boudouresque :: Algaebase". http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=13932.
- ↑ Bunker, F.StP.D., Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A.R.2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK.ISBN:978-0-9955673-3-7
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heesch, S., Rindi, F., Guiry, M.D. & Nelson, W.A. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of the genus Cladostephus (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 55(4): [1-18] 426-443.|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1740947
Wikidata ☰ Q108913314 entry
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