Classification ⁴

Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Wrangeliaceae
Source URL: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=kf191840c0cb0eaf7

Historical Collecting Localities on Cape Cod ⁴

Cuttyhunk Island, Dukes County, MA
Devils Bridge, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Nomans Land, Dukes County, MA
Penikese Island, Dukes County, MA

Description ⁵

 Plumaria plumosa is a dull red to brownish-purple seaweed, 5-10 cm long, it is soft and flaccid and has many branches which become tatty in older plants. This perennial plant is monosiphonous throughout and its fronds branch irregularly from the base in one plane. The thallus is compressed, and the branches are all delicately plumose.Plumaria plumosa is frequently confused with Ptilota plumosa . However, Plumaria plumosa can be identified by the penultimate branchlets which lack an outer covering (uncorticated) and are translucent, with the main axes having a spongy mat surface. Plumaria plumosa reproduces in the south of England during winter, and is fertile in spring and summer in more northerly latitudes.

Habitat ⁶

 Grows on shaded areas of the lower littoral rocky shore, particularly on vertical rocks and overhangs.

Habitat ⁷

Depth range based on 76 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 13 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 31.09
  Temperature range (°C): 10.708 - 12.348
  Nitrate (umol/L): 4.729 - 7.362
  Salinity (PPS): 34.219 - 35.363
  Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.665
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.336 - 0.626
  Silicate (umol/l): 2.315 - 4.454

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 31.09

Temperature range (°C): 10.708 - 12.348

Nitrate (umol/L): 4.729 - 7.362

Salinity (PPS): 34.219 - 35.363

Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 6.665

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.336 - 0.626

Silicate (umol/l): 2.315 - 4.454
 
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Sources and Credits

1. (c) Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plumaria_elegans_Helgoland.jpg
2. Agathe Le Gourcuff , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plumaria_plumosa.jpg
3. Pierre-Louis Crouan (1798-1871) & Hippolyte-Marie Crouan (1802-1871), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plumaria_plumosa_Crouan.jpg
4. (c) Joseph deVeer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
5. (c)  The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/10658405
6. (c)  The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/10658406
7. Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/17357950

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
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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