Biology:Dictyota spiralis

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Short description: Species of brown algae

Dictyota spiralis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Genus: Dictyota
Species:
D. spiralis
Binomial name
Dictyota spiralis
Montagne, 1846 [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Dictyota ligulata Kützing, 1847
  • Dilophus ligulatus (Kützing) Feldmann, 1937
  • Dilophus spiralis (Montagne) G.Hamel, 1939
  • Neurocarpus appendiculatus Schousboe, 1892
  • Neurocarpus complanatus Schousboe, 1892
  • Neurocarpus crispatus Schousboe, 1892

Dictyota spiralis is a species of brown alga found in the temperate eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

The thallus of Dictyota spiralis is a yellowish-brown colour, sometimes with a greenish iridescent tip. It forms clumps of membranous, flattened, ribbon-like fronds with few branches, up to 15 cm (6 in) long and 4 mm (0.2 in) wide. The clump is anchored to the seabed by stolons.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q29890112 entry