Phyllophora crispa
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| Phyllophora crispa | |
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| Off Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. crispa |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora crispa (Hudson) P.S.Dixon | |
Phyllophora crispa is a medium-sized fleshy, marine red alga. This alga forms dense mats of up to 15 cm thickness, which influence environmental factors, thus creating habitat for several associated organisms.[1]
Phyllophora crispa is a perennial seaweed growing up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long.[2] It grows from a short terete stipe. The frond is firm bright red in colour and with flattened parallel sides. It branches dichotomously the tips being rounded. It is cartilaginous with the medulla, the internal parts composed of large compact cells enclosed in two to four layers of smaller cells.[3]
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