Lophocladia lallemandii
(Montagne) F. Schmit,
1893 (Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Phylum: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Rhodomelaceae |

Description
Thallus form and type: Remiform and feathery
Occurrence: Mid littoral zone, rock pools
Season: November-April
Plants rose red in color, 5-10 cm tall, polysiphonous, segmented, branches exogenously formed in place of trichoblast, each segment producing a single branch initial even before the formation of the pericentral cells; rhizoids formed from the pericentral cells of older segments, branches developing from some branch initial, many other initial transforming into trichoblasts; trichoblasts repeatedly forked with long slender cells; tetrasporangia in short contorted, stichidia produced in the trichoblasts.
Thallus form and type: Remiform and feathery
Occurrence: Mid littoral zone, rock pools
Season: November-April
Plants rose red in color, 5-10 cm tall, polysiphonous, segmented, branches exogenously formed in place of trichoblast, each segment producing a single branch initial even before the formation of the pericentral cells; rhizoids formed from the pericentral cells of older segments, branches developing from some branch initial, many other initial transforming into trichoblasts; trichoblasts repeatedly forked with long slender cells; tetrasporangia in short contorted, stichidia produced in the trichoblasts.
Synonym (s)
• Dasya lallemandii Montagne, 1849
(Homotypic synonym)
• Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) Schmitz, 1893
• Dasya lallemandii Montagne, 1849
(Homotypic synonym)
• Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) Schmitz, 1893
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Rocky
Habitat: Rocky
Biogeography
• INDIA
• MALDIVES
• SRI LANKA
• TANZANIA
• Maharashtra, Mumbai INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin INDIA
• Gujarat, Gulf of Kachchh INDIA
• Gujarat INDIA
• Gujarat, Adri INDIA
• Gujarat, Veraval INDIA
• Gujarat, Porbandar INDIA
• Gujarat, Okha INDIA
• INDIA
• MALDIVES
• SRI LANKA
• TANZANIA
• Maharashtra, Mumbai INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin INDIA
• Gujarat, Gulf of Kachchh INDIA
• Gujarat INDIA
• Gujarat, Adri INDIA
• Gujarat, Veraval INDIA
• Gujarat, Porbandar INDIA
• Gujarat, Okha INDIA
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