Dictyopteris jamaicensis, Ribbed sea saphir : fisheries

Dictyopteris jamaicensis   W.R. Taylor

Ribbed sea saphir

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Phaeophyceae | Dictyotales | Dictyotaceae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 73 m (Ref. 80758).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean Sea including Panama, Barbados and Jamaica; Pacific Ocean: south Philippines to Spermonde Archipelago, south Sulawesi, Indonesia; Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Thalli large, dark brown or yellowish brown, strongly attached to hard substrates by a well-developed discoid holdfast. Branching subdichotomous-divaricate, forming angles of less than 90°, narrowing at the distal portion of the thallus. Branches strap-shaped, 4 to 8 mm across, with a distinct midrib running throughout the entire length. Parallel to the midrib on both sides are sori of hairs. Margin of the blades entire to slightly undulate. Cross-section of a ranch shows 2 layers of cells; cells of the midrib polyhedral to quadrangular in surface view. Thalli up to 25 cm in height (Ref. 80758).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Used as medicine: antitumor (Ref. 80758). Attached to coralline substrate at upper subtidal zones exposed to moderate to strong water movement. Generally limited to rocky, waved-exposed habitats, such as reef crests and slopes. Detached thalli may also be found among drifting seaweeds. Dredged from depths of 33 to 73 m, attached to shells or coral fragments (Ref. 80758).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 80758)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | 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): 26.9 - 28.8, mean 27.9 (based on 296 cells).

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