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Phyllophora traillii

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Phyllophora traillii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Phyllophora
Species:
P. traillii
Binomial name
Phyllophora traillii
Holmes ex Batters

Phyllophora traillii is a small marine red alga.

Description

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Phyllophora traillii is a small alga no more than 35 mm long. It grows from a small holdfast and a short stipe up to 3 mm long which spreads to a small flat blade which is oblong or with parallel sides. It branches once or twice. The fronds are formed with a compact medulla of large cells with a cortex of small cells in 2 or 3 layers.[1]

Phyllophora traillii is named for George William Traill a Scottish phycologist and mineralogist.[2]

Habitat

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To be found growing on rock in the lower littoral into the sublittoral to a depth of 15 m.[1]

Reproduction

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The gametangial plants are dioecious, that is with separate male and female plants.[1]

Distribution

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Recorded from Great Britain, Ireland, Faeroes and the Atlantic coast of Europe from Sweden to France. Also from Canada and U.S.A.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales British Museum (Natural History) ISBN 0-565 00781 5
  2. ^ Berwickshire, Naturalists' Club (1890). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Vol. 12. Martin's Printing Works. Retrieved 2019-01-04.