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Asparagopsis taxiformis   (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845

Red Sea plume

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Kermadec Islands 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: Found on rock faces and compacted sand and gravel (Ref. 89053). C: Refs. 82739, 106682; O: Ref. 89053, 89311.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Andrew, N. and M. Francis, 2003
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Common names from other countries

Red sea plume, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Bonnemaisoniales () > Bonnemaisoniaceae ()

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

; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 22 m (Ref. 106682).   Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfología

Thalli erect, greenish to red in colour, feathery or plumose, arising from a creeping stolon and attached by rhizoids to solid substrates. Central axis terete, bearing plumose branches at its upper 1/2 to 2/3 portion; the plumose branches are composed of numerous fine and delicate determinate branchlets which are densely disposed around an axis. Cystocarps subspherical or ovate, bright red in colour and borne at the apices of the short branchlets. Thalli up to 13 cm in height (Ref. 80758).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Used by humans as food and medicine (antibiotic and antimicrobial); used for animals as feeds; source of protein (Ref. 80758). Grows on solid substrates on reef or rocky shores exposed to moderately strong water movement (Ref. 80758). Also on mangrove prop roots, coral, rocks, or epiphytic up to a depth of 14 m (Ref. 83908). Gametophytes grow on rock faces and compacted sand and gravel (Ref. 89053).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 80758)

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 19.3 - 29.2, mean 27.7 (based on 5923 cells).