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Asparagopsis armata   Harvey, 1855

Red harpoon

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Asparagopsis armata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Easter Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from La Perouse, Anakena and Apina Nui (Ref. 80999). O: Refs. 90161, 80999.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Santelices, B. and I.A. Abbott, 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Espárrago marino, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Florideophyceae > Bonnemaisoniales () > Bonnemaisoniaceae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 87937).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Short description Morphology

The main cylindrical axis is irregularly branched; 4 rows of branchlets alternayting with 4 rows of simple filamentous ramuli; the base of the thallus carries stolons more or less ramify; this species is characterized by having hooks that resembles a harpoon.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs from upper infralittoral (Ref. 87937) to subtidal (Ref. 89053) areas.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Known to exhibit trigenetic life cycle (Ref. 87937).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.1 - 21.3, mean 18.3 (based on 774 cells).