Rhodothamniella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Palmariales |
Family: | Rhodothamniellaceae |
Genus: | Rhodothamniella Feldmann |
Species: | R. floridula
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Binomial name | |
Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann
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Rhodothamniella floridula is a small red seaweed detectable more easily with the feet than with the eyes.[1] It thrives only where sand and rock occur together: anchored to the rock, it accumulates sand to form a slightly soft irregular carpet a centimetre or so in thickness. Although the surface is a dull red colour, in cross section the appearance is of a miniature sand dune with no visible algal component. Unable to stand significant desiccation, it prefers locations from the mid-shore downwards.
It is to be found on most suitable shorelines around Britain and northern Europe.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Knaggs, F.W.; Conway, E. (December 1964). "The life-history ofRhodochorton floridulum(Dillwyn) Näg". British Phycological Bulletin. 2 (5): 339–341. doi:10.1080/00071616400650091. ISSN 0374-6534.
- ^ Riley, K. (2005). "Rhodothamniella floridula. A red seaweed". plymsea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-29.