Biology:Chaetomorpha aerea

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Short description: Species of alga

Chaetomorpha aerea
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kuetz. (AM AK354586).jpg
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Cladophoraceae
Genus: Chaetomorpha
Species:
C. aerea
Binomial name
Chaetomorpha aerea
(Dillwyn) Kütz., 1849

Chaetomorpha aerea is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.

Chaetomorpha aerea and Chaetomorpha linum are considered conspecific by some authors,[1] other authors do not accept this synonymy.[2] The genus to which this species belongs is regarded as needing further taxonomic investigation.[3]

Description

Cheatomorpha aerea is the attached form.[2]

Distribution

This species is wide spread world wide. In New Zealand it is found in upper to mid-intertidal pool on the coast of the North and South Islands, Chatham Islands and Stewart Island.[4]

References

  1. Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London. ISBN:0-565-00981-8
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland p.32 The British Phycological Society ISBN:0-9527115-16
  3. Guiry, Wendy (2019). "Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing". National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11475. 
  4. W. A., Nelson (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 34. ISBN 9780987668813. OCLC 841897290. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841897290. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2947553 entry