Cladostephus hirsutus

Cladostephus hirsutus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Sphacelariales
Family:	Cladostephaceae
Genus:	Cladostephus
Species:	C. hirsutus
Binomial name
Cladostephus hirsutus L. Boudouresque & M.Perret-Boudouresque ex Heesch et al. 2020
Synonyms
List ’’Fucus hirsutus’’Linnaeus 1767 ’’Conferva verticillata’ Lightfoot 1777 ’’Conferva myriophyllum’’Roth 1801 ’’Cladostephus verticillatus’’(Lightfoot) Lyngbye 1819 ’’Cladostephus myriophyllum’’Bory 1823 ’’Cladostephus spongiosus f. verticillatus’’(Lightfoot) Prud’homme 1972

Cladostephus hirsutus is a marine brown alga.

Description

This is a medium-size brown alga growing to about 20 cm length. Its fronds are covered with distinct whorls of secondary branches, giving the species a hairy appearance, the source of its specific epithet “hirsutus”.

Habitat

This alga occurs in the lower intertidal, tidepools and upper subtidal of rocky shores.

Distribution

This species has been recorded world-wide in temperate regions, e.g. from the Mediterranean Sea, the European Atlantic coasts (including the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and Portugal), the Atlantic shores of the United States, the Pacific shores of Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.