Gelidiella calcicola
| Gelidiella calcicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gelidiales |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Gelidiella |
| Species: | G. calcicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelidiella calcicola Maggs & Guiry 1988
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Gelidiella calcicola is a rare seaweed species in the Rhodophyta, described for the first time in 1988.[1][2]
Botanical description[]
Gelidiella calcicola is a small creeping alga that forms prostrate low-growing tufts on the surface of calcareous substrata.[1] The narrow compressed axes form peg-like rhizoidal attachment organs, and the axes branch laterally to form irregular pinnate branches.[1] There are no true erect axes since all branches are in an horizontal plane. The axes which grow up at first always curve down and re-attach.[1] They grow to at least 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long and are dark reddish brown.[1] The species is very rare and may be under-recorded; it is sublittoral and not easily determined.[1]
Similar species[]
is common in the British Isles and is similar in structure however it branches regularly and the production of tetraspores in is different as is the internal structure when studied microscopically.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g C. A. Maggs; M. D. Guiry (1988). "Gelidiella calcicola sp. nov. (Rhodophyta) from the British Isles and Northern France" (PDF). . 22 (4): 417–434. doi:10.1080/00071618700650481. hdl:10379/9467. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-17.
- ^ M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry. "Gelidiella calcicola Maggs & Guiry". AlgaeBase. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- Species described in 1988
- Gelidiales