Biology:Blidingia minima
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulvales |
| Family: | Kornmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Blidingia |
| Species: | B. minima
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| Binomial name | |
| Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin
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Blidingia minima is a species of seaweed in the Kornmanniaceae family. It was described by Johann Kylin in 1947.[2]
Description
The species is 1–10 centimetres (0.39–3.94 in) long by 1–2 millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) wide and is light green in colour.[3] It fronds are tubular with it cell arrangement being irregular and 10 micrometres (0.00039 in) in diameter. Stellate chloroplasts also exist. The tubes rise in groups from the center.[4] It thalli grow as clusters which carry cylindrical and hollow tubes which arise from discoidal cushion.[5] The tubes are 1–20 millimetres (0.039–0.787 in) long and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide. Thallus cells are 7 micrometres (0.00028 in) wide and are angular.[6]
Distribution
The species is found throughout eastern part of Asia in such countries as China , Japan , Korea and eastern part of Russia .[5] It is also found in Azores, Canada , Norway , South Africa , United States , and various gulfs, seas and oceans, such as Gulf of Maine and Gulf of Mexico and in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and Wadden Sea.[2] Besides this places it have a type locality which is Helgoland, Germany [7] and is also common in Ireland and Great Britain.[8] It was recorded in Queensland, Australia as well.[9]
English distribution
In England, the species was recorded from East Sussex.[10]
Habitat
It is found growing on cobble, boulders, bedrocks, barnacles, driftwood and even on different algae species throughout the semi-protected and protected areas.[5]
Ecology
Blidingia minima is considered to be a food for periwinkles.[11]
References
- ↑ "Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin var. minima". Center for Phycological Documentation. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/guide/green8.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guiry, Michael D (2013). "Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145950.
- ↑ "Blidingia minima (Nageli ex Kutzing) Kylin, 1947". Svalbard's Macroalgae. http://www.iopan.gda.pl/~wiktor/macroalgae/bli_min.html.
- ↑ "A green seaweed - Blidingia minima". The Marine Life Information Network. http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=2777.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Blidingia minima". Seaweed of Alaska. http://www.seaweedsofalaska.com/species.asp?SeaweedID=2.
- ↑ Joel A. Swanson; Gary L. Floyd (October 1978). "Fine Structure of the Zoospores and Thallus of Blidingia minima". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 97 (4): 549–558. doi:10.2307/3226170.
- ↑ Silva; Basson; Moe (1996). Blidingia minima. p. 728.
- ↑ "Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin, 1947". AlgaeBase. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=33.
- ↑ "Blidingia minima". WetlandInfo. May 9, 2013. http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/species/?blidingia-minima.
- ↑ "English distribution". BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK). http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r163211.htm.
- ↑ "Blidingia minima". Ecomare. http://www.ecomare.nl/en/ecomare-encyclopedie/animals-and-plants/plants/algae-and-seaweed/green-seaweed/blidingia-minima/.
Further reading
- Kylin, H. (1947). Über die Fortpflanzungsverhältnisse in der Ordnung Ulvales. 17. Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar. pp. 174–182.
- Boraso, A.L. (1970). Sobre la presencia de Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin var. Minima en la Argentina (Chlorophyta, Ulvaceae). 30. Physis. pp. 167–170.
- Garbary, D.J.; Tam, C. (1989). Blidingia minima var. stolonifera var. nov. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) from British Columbia: systematics, life history and morphogenesis. 9. Nordic Journal of Botany. pp. 321–328.
- Iima, M. (1989). "Geographical variation of development and life history of Blidingia minima (Chlorophyceae) from Japan". Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research 8 (2): 157–185.
- Karsten, U.; Kirst, G.O. (1989). Intracellular solutes, photosynthesis and respiration of the green alga Blidingia minima in response to salinity stress. 102. Botan. Acta. pp. 123–128.
- Prange, R.K. (1978). An autecological study of Blidingia minima var. subsalsa (Chlorophyceae) in the Squamish estuary (British Columbia). 56. Canadian Journal of Botany. pp. 170–179.
- Reis-Santos, R.P. (1992). Blidingia minima (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin var. minima (Monostromataceae - Chlorophyta), ocorrência nova para a costa brasileira. 19. Hoehna. pp. 125–128.
- Swanson, J.A.; Floyd, G.L. (1978). Fine structure of the zoospores and thallus of Blidingia minima. 97. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. pp. 549–558.
- Tatewaki, M.; Iima, M. (1984). Life Histories of Blidingia minima (Chlorophyceae), especially sexual reproduction. 20. Journal of Phycology. pp. 368–376.
- Woolcott, G.W.; Iima, M.; King, R.J. (2000). Speciation within Blidingia minima (Chlorophyta) in Japan: evidence from morphology, ontogeny and analyses of nuclear rDNA ITS sequence. 36. Journal of Phycology. pp. 227–236.
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