Schottera nicaeensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
Genus: | Schottera |
Species: | S. nicaeensis
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Binomial name | |
Schottera nicaeensis (J.V.Lamouroux ex Duby) Guiry & Hollenberg
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Schottera nicaeensis is a species of red algae ( Rhodophyta) similar to other small red algae particularly Phyllophora.
The thallus consists of short flat fronds rising from a prostrate terete branched holdfast and growing to a length of about 10 cm. It branches once or twice and bears terete proliferations at the tips. [1]
In Ireland, S. nicaeensis occurs in Portmuck, in Island Magee. [2] On the western shores of Great Britain, Portugal and in the Mediterranean. [1]
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