Nemalion
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| Nemalion | |
|---|---|
| File:Nemalion lubricum Crouan.jpg | |
| Nemalion lubricum | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Nemaliales |
| Family: | Nemaliaceae |
| Genus: | Nemalion Duby |
Nemalion is a genus of red algae that contains approximately ten species, including N. helminthoides.[1] Its members are known by a number of common names.[note 1] It is the source of the subclass name "Nemaliophycidae".
Species
[edit | edit source]As of 2017, the species accepted taxonomically are:[2]
- Nemalion amoenum
- Nemalion attenuatum
- Nemalion cari-cariense
- Nemalion helminthoides
- Nemalion longicolle
- Nemalion lubricum (type species)
- Nemalion multifidum
- Nemalion perpusillum
- Nemalion vermiculare
Description
[edit | edit source]Simple multiaxial frond, with a soft and gelatinous core.[3][4]
Distribution
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Habitat
[edit | edit source]Marine, mainly littoral.[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Recorded common names are threadweed, umisomen, tsukomo nori, crop of threads, sea noodles, tsukomo-nori, umisÔmen and umi-somen.
References
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- ^ a b Fritsch, F.E. 1965. The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. Volume 11. p.468-469
- ^ Smith, G.M. 1955. Cryptogamic Botany Volume 1. Algae and Fungi
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Fritsch, F.E. 1965. The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. pp. 468 - 469 Cambridge University Press
- Nicolson, D.H. & Norris, J.N. (1983). Ordinal orthography: Nemalionales vs. Nemaliales (Rhodophyta). Taxon 32: 288–292.
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