Lomentaria articulata   (Hudson) Lyngbye,  1819 (Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Plantae
Phylum:Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order:Rhodymeniales
Family:Lomentariaceae

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Description
Size: 200 mm (usually much shorter)

Color: Crimson to brownish red fronds

Soft, cylindrical, much branched, axes constricted into bead-like portions, ramuli at nodes, often whorled. Base of creeping rhizoidal filaments.

Synonym (s)
• Ulva articulata Hudson, 1762
(Homotypic synonym)
• Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye, 1819
• Fucus articulatus (Hudson) Lightfoot, 1777
(Homotypic synonym)
• Sphaerococcus articulatus (Hudson) Stackhouse, 1797
(Homotypic synonym)
• Gigartina articulata (Hudson) Lamouroux, 1813
(Homotypic synonym)
• Chondria articulata (Hudson) C. Agardh, 1817
(Homotypic synonym)
• Gastridium articulatum (Turner) Greville, 1830
(Homotypic synonym)
• Chylocladia articulata (Hudson) Greville, 1833
(Homotypic synonym)
• Gastrophycus articulatus (Hudson) Link, 1833
(Homotypic synonym)
• Chrysymenia acicularis J. Agardh, 1842
(Heterotypic synonym)
• Lomentaria acicularis (J. Agardh) Falkenberg, 1879
(Heterotypic synonym)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Coastal
Biogeography


• Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin (Lat: 8.78) (Long: 78.13) INDIA
• West Bengal, Hugli River (Lat: 21.91) (Long: 88.08) INDIA
• INDIA
Literature Source(s)
  • Sahoo, D; Nivedita and Debasish (2001) Seaweeds of Indian coast S. B. Nangia, A. P. H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi 283 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Oza, RM and Zaidi, SH (2001) A revised checklist of Indian marine algae Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Silva, PC; Basson, PW and Moe, RL (1996) Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean University of California Press 79 1259 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
  • The age of aquariums Available at - http://www.aquahobby.com/
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