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|genus = Phyllophora |
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'''Phyllophora traillii''' is a small marine red alga. |
'''''Phyllophora traillii''''' is a small marine red alga. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Phyllophora traillii is a small alga no more than 35 |
''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.<ref name="Dixon">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}}</ref> |
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Phyllophora traillii is named for George William Traill a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[phycologist]] and [[mineralogist]].<ref>{{cite book | |
''Phyllophora traillii'' is named for George William Traill a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[phycologist]] and [[mineralogist]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berwickshire |first1=Naturalists' Club |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_sXAAAAYAAJ |title=History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club |volume=12 |publisher=Martin's Printing Works |year=1890 |access-date=2019-01-04 }}</ref> |
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==Habitat== |
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To be found growing on rock in the lower littoral into the sublittoral to a depth of 15 m.<ref name="Dixon"/> |
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==Reproduction== |
==Reproduction== |
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The gametangial plants are [[dioecious]], that is with separate male and female plants.<ref name="Dixon" |
The gametangial plants are [[dioecious]], that is with separate male and female plants.<ref name="Dixon"/> |
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==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.<ref name="Dixon"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Phyllophoraceae]] |
[[Category:Phyllophoraceae]] |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
Genus: | Phyllophora |
Species: | P. traillii
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Binomial name | |
Phyllophora traillii Holmes ex Batters
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Phyllophora traillii is a small marine red alga.
Description[edit]
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[edit]
To be found growing on rock in the lower littoral into the sublittoral to a depth of 15 m.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
The gametangial plants are dioecious, that is with separate male and female plants.[1]
Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Berwickshire, Naturalists' Club (1890). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Vol. 12. Martin's Printing Works. Retrieved 2019-01-04.