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| image = Ulothrix flacca, pseudoflacca, consociata in Wille 1901.jpg |
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''Ulothrix flacca'' is a small marine algae of fine filaments. |
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| genus = Ulothrix |
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| species = flacca |
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| authority = ([[Lewis Weston Dillwyn|Dillwyn]]) [[Gustave Adolphe Thuret|Thuret]], 1863 |
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==Description== |
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This species grows as small tufts of green unbranched filaments growing to no more than 10 cm long forming woolly masses. Cells 14.4–32.6μm broad and 4.8–9.6μm <ref>Newton, L. 1931. ''A Handbook of the British Seaweeds.'' British Museum</ref><ref name=Burrows>Burrows, E.M.1991. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta''. Natural History Museum, London{{ISBN|0-565-00981-8}}</ref>''Ulothrix pseudoflacca'' and ''Ulothrix consociata'' are considered to be forms of ''Ulothrix flacca'' by some biologists. Sometimes difficult to distinguish ''Ulothrix'' from ''Urospora''.<ref name="Burrows"/> |
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==Distribution== |
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Common all around the British Isles. Recorded from Scandinavia south to Portugal, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Also all around the world into the Pacific.<ref name="Burrows"/> |
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==Habitat== |
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It is found on rocks, stones and epiphytically on other algae.<ref name="Burrows"/> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Ulotrichaceae]] |
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[[Category:Chlorophyta species]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 15 April 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Ulotrichales |
| Family: | Ulotrichaceae |
| Genus: | Ulothrix |
| Species: | U. flacca
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Ulothrix flacca is a small filamentous marine algae.
Description
[edit]This species grows as small tufts of green unbranched filaments growing to no more than 10 cm long forming woolly masses. Cells 14.4–32.6μm broad and 4.8–9.6μm [1][2]Ulothrix pseudoflacca and Ulothrix consociata are considered to be forms of Ulothrix flacca by some biologists. Sometimes difficult to distinguish Ulothrix from Urospora.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Common all around the British Isles. Recorded from Scandinavia south to Portugal, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Also all around the world into the Pacific.[2]
Habitat
[edit]It is found on rocks, stones and epiphytically on other algae.[2]
References
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