Classification ³

Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Nemaliales
Family: Liagoraceae
Source URL: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=Kb2dc3314e22d5e1a

Description ⁴

Growing from a small basal disc to a length of 10 to 20 cms generally branching only a few times. Reddish brown in colour and very mucilaginous in texture. Helminthocladia calvadosa and Helminthora divaricata from which it is distinguished by having few side branches which are not markedly narrower than the main axis.

Distribution ⁵

Widespread around the British Isles except in south-eastern England. Europe: Medirerranean, Azores, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands and Norway. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada to Connecticut and Long Island. Further afield: the Canary Islands.

Habitat ⁶

Common. Epilithic in rock pools.

Habitat ⁷

Depth range based on 35 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 30
  Temperature range (°C): 11.471 - 16.315
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.326 - 7.121
  Salinity (PPS): 35.184 - 38.201
  Oxygen (ml/l): 5.541 - 6.200
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.096 - 0.439
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.379 - 3.285

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 30

Temperature range (°C): 11.471 - 16.315

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.326 - 7.121

Salinity (PPS): 35.184 - 38.201

Oxygen (ml/l): 5.541 - 6.200

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.096 - 0.439

Silicate (umol/l): 1.379 - 3.285
 
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Sources and Credits

1. (c) Wendy Feltham, all rights reserved, uploaded by Wendy Feltham
2. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/algae/F2966.jpg
3. (c) Joseph deVeer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
4. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5972431
5. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5972433
6. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5972432
7. Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/17373168

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

Range Map

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